A 4-year-old boy was discovered on Tuesday at a New York City apartment with the body of his mother. Police said the woman had been dead for days and the boy who weighed only 26 pounds (the average weight of a 2-year-old child) survived eating from a bag of sugar.

When police found him, he was naked. They said the boy's mother may have been death anywhere for 3 to 5 days and that maintenance workers reported to police that a foul odor was coming out from the apartment before the discovery was made, according to AP.

The boy told police officers that he had been eating from a "bag of sugar" and he requested "a grilled cheese sandwich and a juice," police told the news agency.

The boy's mother has been identified as Kiana Workman, 38 from Brooklyn, New York. Her body was laying on the floor in her bedroom.

The child is currently at a hospital in the city being treated for malnourishment and dehydration, police told AP and it has been reported that several adoption offers were poured in from around the world.

It is not yet known what caused Workman's death.