BOGOR, Indonesia — Intan Permatasari’s mother simply couldn’t refuse her daughter’s pleas for food. By the time she was 4, Intan had outgrown all the kindergarten uniforms and had to wear home-sewn clothes to school. Bullied relentlessly by classmates as her struggles with obesity intensified, Intan quit school aged 12 and stayed at home south of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, […]

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