Katie Price is "proud" of her son Harvey for trying healthy food to help him lose weight.

Harvey Price [Instagram]

Harvey Price [Instagram]

The 42-year-old star shared a video of her eldest child tucking into a plate of nutritious food after doctors warned him he was at serious risk of a heart attack if he did not lose weight.

Katie wrote on Instagram: "So proud of Harvey for actually trying new food and especially because they are healthy meals from @prepkitchenuk.

"This is the start of hoping Harvey continues to stick to trying different meals to lose weight in a healthy way."

In a video shared on Instagram, Katie asked the 18 year old: "Harv, what you eating?"

He replied: "Ooh, yeah. Lovely, it’s beautiful."

Harvey suffers from Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare genetic condition that can impact muscle tone, sexual development and the function of the nervous system and can cause learning difficulties.

It can also cause a constant desire to eat food and a permanent feeling of hunger, which often leads to obesity.

Katie previously revealed she was struggling to keep her son fit during the coronavirus lockdown as the gyms were closed and she pleaded for help on Instagram.

She asked her followers: "Can anybody help I’m looking to rent a treadmill and rowing machine for Harvey that can take his weight 28 half stone and other gym bits as through lockdown I have to make sure he can exercise at home please help dm me [sic]"

Meanwhile, the former glamour model previously admitted she felt guilty for feeding Harvey as he battles with his weight.

She said: "It's a cruel illness. He feels hungry all the time. Every time I feed him, it’s killing him. Even though it makes him happy, it’s cruel of me to do it. He needs to lose weight or he’ll end up dead. He doesn’t deserve that. I don’t want to lose him. He’s only 18, he’s got his whole life ahead of him. I will do anything to help."

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