At that size. I would think his relatives tried to say something. Did he listen though? That’s a whole other thing 

 I feel like at that size, you have to start young 

 So his parents could’ve stopped it early 

 The parents are part of the problem here. Definitely 

 Parents aka the enablers in this case. Some of it is probably tied in emotional shit too 

 Would you consider this child abuse? 

 Child abuse caused by ignorance/incompetence and fiat foods 

 Yeah. Its similar to neglect