weight-loss surgery could not save
Londoner Keith Martin who died from
pneumonia following a lengthy battle
with his weight his death at the age of
44 came just eight months after Keith
had undergone a successful gastric
sleeve which removed three-quarters of
his stomach
amen once known as the fattest in the
world Paul Masson of hips which used to
weigh 440 kilograms but is now 140
kilograms after gastric band surgery a
New York surgeon offered to remove his
excess skin which could shed a further
44 kilograms
jose-luis garza rodriguez of juarez
Nuevo Leon Mexico was at the time of his
death one of the world's heaviest people
with a total weight of 449 kilograms
he was also bedridden for four months
before his death he was helped by Manuel
Uribe also of Nuevo Leon and also
morbidly obese michael Edelman of Pomona
New York Guinness listed him at 994
pounds but his mother estimates that he
weighed some 1,200 pounds at his
heaviest he had already reached 154
pounds at age seven and left school at
ten because he could no longer fit into
the desks
David Ronn hiya Brooklyn New York five
feet ten in a Bronx 1,000 pounds high
was touted as dick Gregory's biggest
success story in 1986 when he reduced
from 823 pounds to 427 pounds on a year
long fast supplemented by fruits and
vegetables
Sylvanus hambone smith of Tipton GA six
feet to in aprox 1,000 pounds Smith
claimed to have weighed almost 16 pounds
at birth and 275 pounds by age 11 at his
peak he had a 103 in hip girth and 17th
us he worked as a chef until his
increasing weight left him confined to
bed then ran a pawn shop out of his home
Mills Darton is alleged to have been one
of the largest men in history he was
widely reported to have stood
approximately seven feet six inches tall
and is said to have weighed around 1000
to 1100 pounds at his heaviest and
possibly more his recorded approximate
weight of 1020 pounds would have given
him a body mass index of 88.2 if the
reported figures are correct Darden was
30% taller than and about six times as
heavy as the average American male of
the 21st century
Mike partly know of Strothers six feet
some sources say six feet three in
claimed a maximum of 1022 pounds while a
spokesman for dick Gregory's Bahamian
diet
prior to his association with Gregory
part Leno claimed to weigh a mere 645
pounds and was a popular favorite in
belly flop contests
Kenneth Brumley is one of the heaviest
people ever recorded whose weight was
confirmed he was featured on the channel
for body shock documentary half-ton dad
as a father of four who weighed 1033
pounds as a child Brumley played
basketball baseball and American
football which kept his weight average
but after a move to California at age 19
he stopped playing and the weight began
to accumulate at his heaviest Brumley
had a daily caloric intake of
approximately 30,000 calories
Maira Lizbeth Rosales has been recorded
as one of the heaviest people in the
world at her heaviest she weighed 417
agreement Li weighs an estimated 91
kilograms she came to prominence in
March 2008 when her sister was jailed
for murdering her two-year-old son she
decided to get back into life in order
to get the custody of her sister's
children who had no real parent at that
time
Rosalie Bradford holds the Guinness
World Record for most weight lost by a
woman a concerned friend contacted
Richard Simmons a familiar face in the
weight loss industry Simmons then
contacted Bradford and spoke to her at
length she recalled Simmons saying God
doesn't make junk and you are worth the
effort after the phone call she received
a package from him containing some
exercise tapes and an eating plan
robert earl hughes was during his
lifetime the heaviest human being
recorded in the history of the world
Hughes was born in Bayliss Illinois in
1926 at the age of six he weighed about
92 kilograms at 10 he weighed 171
kilograms his excessive weight was
attributed to a malfunctioning pituitary
gland his chest was measured at 3.15
metres and he weighed an estimated 485
kilograms at his heaviest
patric d2l is an American individual
known for being one of the heaviest
people in the world he was the subject
of the documentary half-ton men in
Channel 4's body shock series in which
Rosalie Bradford gave advice after
achieving a record-breaking weight loss
of 410 kilograms
gastric bypass surgery was thought to be
his best chance for permanent weight
loss a second operation removed a
massive fat and skin hanging from his
midsection after 12 months Patrick lost
260 kilograms
Michael he Branco was the heaviest men
in the world and suffered from an
extreme case of morbid obesity after a
stay at the st. Luke's Hospital in New
York
he dropped his weight from 411 kilograms
to 90 kilograms and waist size from 290
centimeters to 91 centimeters in 19
months with the help of the dieting and
exercise coach Richard Simmons and was
recorded in the Guinness Book of World
Records for the highest recorded weight
loss in 1990 he lost some of this weight
from surgical removal of fat
Frances John Liang aka Michael Walker of
Gibsonton FL 6 feet to in believed to
have reached a maximum weight of 1000
187 pounds Liang had weighed only 150
pounds as a soldier in Korea he blamed
his massive weight gain on prescription
drug abuse claiming that his narcotic of
choice had the side effect of giving him
an uncontrollable appetite
Walter Hudson of Hempstead New York was
the fourth most obese human in medical
history he also holds the Guinness world
record for the largest waste it measured
three hundred and two centimeters in
1987 when he was at his peak weight of
1197 pounds Hudson described his average
daily diet as consisting of two boxes of
sausages one pound of bacon 12 eggs a
loaf of bread four hamburgers and four
double cheeseburgers eight large
portions of fries three ham steaks or
two chickens for baked potatoes for
sweet potatoes four heads of broccoli
most of a large cake and additional
snacks he also drank an average of 17
liters of soda every day
carol-anne Jaeger was one of the most
severely obese people in history Jaeger
lost the most weight by non-surgical
means in the shortest documented time
236 kilograms in 3 months when Jaeger
died in 1994 at the age of 34 she
weighed about 544 kilograms and was 5
feet 7 inches in height Bazaar magazine
reported that she was estimated to have
been more than 5 feet wide although this
measurement has not been verified by
Akers medical team or family members
shortly before her death however she was
able to fit through her custom-built 48
inch wide front door undocumented
information from firefighters and rescue
personnel of the beecher Fire Department
stated that they had to remove the
picture window in the front room of her
house to get her body out when she died
published reports quoted her
then-boyfriend as stating that he
estimated her peak weight at about seven
hundred and twenty-seven kilograms
when questioned about this estimate
Yeager's doctor declined comment
man well mam yerba Garza was a Mexican
man who suffered from morbid obesity to
one of the greatest extents known in
recorded history after reaching a peak
weight of around 597 kilograms and
having been unable to leave his bed
since 2002 he lost approximately 230
kilograms nearly half of his body weight
with the help of doctors and
nutritionists by February 2008 however
he abandoned his original diet in 2013
and died in his hometown
on may 26 2014 weighing 394 kilograms
Holle been Mohsen Chari born 1991 is a
Saudi Arabian man who in August 2013 was
found to be the heaviest person on the
planet and the second heaviest person in
recorded history at 610 kilograms
behind only jon brower minogue he was
ordered by king abdullah to be
transferred from his home which he had
been unable to leave for over two years
to the country's capital Riyadh to
receive treatment as a result of this in
a mere six months he managed to lose a
total of 320 kilograms more than half
his body week
jon brower minook was an american man
who at his peak weight was the heaviest
human being ever recorded weighing
approximately 635 kilograms this figure
was only a close estimation because of
his extreme size poor health and lack of
mobility prevented use of a scale he was
discharged from the hospital after 16
months on a strict diet of 1,200
kilocalories per day
he weighed two hundred and fifteen
kilograms having lost approximately 419
kilograms the largest human weight loss
ever documented however he was
readmitted to the hospital just over a
year later in October 1981 after his
weight increased to 432 kilograms with
his underlying condition of edema being
incurable and difficult to treat the
decision was made to discontinue
treatment and he died 23 months later on
September 10th 1983 aged 41 at the time
of his death he weighed 362 kilograms