Alexis Shapiro was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor in 2011 and the treatment left her with a condition called hypothalamic obesity . The disease is caused by an overproduction of fat cells that accumulate around the pituitary gland, which controls appetite and metabolism.
Alexis Shapiro was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor in 2011 and the treatment left her with a condition called hypothalamic obesity . The teen , from Cibolo , Texas , who weighed 203lbs in 2012 , had gastric sleeve surgery last March and has lost more than 60lbs .