Obesity is not a few extra pounds, but a deadly condition that can lead a fat person to death at any moment. But the problem of this pathology does not apply only to the modern man, the archaeological excavations show that the fat people existed in the Stone Age, and this is 30-50 thousand years before our era. Let's talk about the thickest people in the world who have been officially registered.
What is the weight of the thickest person on the planet
The thickest people in the world are gaining weight because of sedentary lifestyle, irrepressible appetite and numerous stresses. It has always been believed that the most affected are the citizens of the United States of America, but several years ago Mexico was the number one fatty person. According to the UN, thick Mexicans occupy 70% of the country's total population.
But if we talk about the record for obesity, the Americans remain ahead of the rest of the world. So, according to unofficial data, the US citizen Carol Yeager was the most fat person on the planet. Its maximum weight reached 727 kg, although it was not officially confirmed. As for the world's largest registered man, he is an American John Minnoch, who weighed 630 kg. His name is inscribed in the Guinness Book of Records.
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The problem of fat people occurs in all countries of the world. But most of all obese people in developed countries, where the lifestyle is "sedentary", and the available products - are very high in calories. In addition to the fact that a fat person is constantly gaining extra pounds, he has a higher risk of cardiovascular diseases, kidney, liver, diabetes, cancer of the digestive system and other diseases. Here are the stories of the world's thickest people.
Carol Yeager
According to Wikipedia data, the thickest American Carol Yeager was born on January 26, 1960, and suffered from a childhood eating disorder. The starting point for obesity, according to Carol herself, was the sexual aggression in her family. As a young girl, Yeager could not walk and stand, because the muscles could not stand such weight. The fat girl lay in the hospital 2 times a year, and each hospitalization was held with the participation of firefighters. In everyday life, Carol was attended by visiting nurses, her family and friends.
The thickest American woman was tried several times by nutritionists, but this never led to positive results. Yeager suffered from immunodeficiency, various infections of the skin and permanent edema. In 1993, a fat American woman was hospitalized, and she was prescribed a daily diet of 1200 calories, against which the girl lost 236 kg. However, after discharge, the lost kilograms were recruited again. The most fat woman in the world died in 1994( 34 years) from kidney failure.
John Brower Minnokh
Another fat man was born in the USA on September 29, 1941 John Minnoch was obese since childhood, and at the age of 12 he weighed 132 kg. The fat young man was constantly gaining weight until at 37 he fell into a hospital with respiratory and heart failure. At that time, Minnoch weighed 634 kg. For the hospitalization of the fat guy needed more than 10 firefighters, a special stretcher and a ferry to deliver the patient to the Washington Medical Center.
The fat man Minnoch stayed in the hospital for 16 months, during which he dropped 419 kg, which became the maximum weight loss among all the men of the world. But a year later the fat American was again taken to the medical center, during this period, John scored more than 432 kg. The doctors recognized the obesity of this person as an incurable disease and stopped the treatment of the fat man. In September 1983, at a weight of 362 kg( 41 g.), John Brower Minnoch died.
Manuel Uribe Garza
Mexican citizen Manuel Uribe was born on June 11, 1965, weighing 2.7 kg, which is normal for the average newborn. As he grew up due to a good appetite, the ever thicker Manuel constantly gained kilos and by the age of majority weighed 121 kg. By the age of 25, the young man's weight was 184 kilos, and by 30 -245. Realizing the magnitude of his problem, Uribe turned for help to surgeons who had made a fat Mexican plastic stomach operation, removing excess fat, after which the man managed to lose 160 kg.
However, during the operation, the doctors damaged Manuel's lymph nodes, which eventually caused the appearance on the hips of extensive tumors that did not give the already fat person free movement. With such problems the man was confined to bed and for three years gained 342 kg. In 1999, the body weight of the fat Manuel Uribe was 502 kg. But it was not yet a record fat weight. In 2004, the Mexican became the thickest man in the world, and his weight was 597 kg. Manuel died in May 2014( 48 years) from complications that gave obesity.
Walter Hudson
New York's thickest man Walter Hudson was born on July 20, 1944, and as a child he was more than a child from his peers. But the fat person became a famous person 43 years after his birth, when he got stuck in the door of his house. The fat man was rescued by nine firemen, for which it was necessary to make a hole in the wall of the house and pull out the man with the help of a fire hydrant. At that time, Walter's weight was 217 kg. But Hudson was not included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest man on the planet, but as a fat man with the widest waist - 3 m 02 cm.
The fat American almost did not leave his house, and his business was connected with trade on the Internet, thatallowed very quickly gain weight. For many years Hudson was pleased with his appearance, although because of obesity he did not get out of bed. But one doctor persuaded the fat man to go on a diet, after which the man lost 90 kg. Death was overtaken by a heavyweight in a dream in December 1991( 47 years), when he weighed 510 kg.
Michael Edelman
Another well-known fat man of the world Mike Edelman was born in the USA in 1964, and recovered from early childhood. At the age of 7 years, the boy weighed 70 kg, and at 10 years - stopped going to school, because the fat child did not even fit at the desk. Michael from school and to death spent his life lying in bed, and his family could not resist the heavy appetite of the heavyweight. For example, this fat man ate breakfast:
- 4 plates of porridge;
- toasts;
- several cakes;
- waffles;
- great pizza;
- 1 liter of soda.
Michael Edelman several times sat on a diet, but all the restrictions ended in a call to the delivery of pizza and a piece of chocolate cake. The fat man for a while corresponded with another thickest person on the planet, Walter Hudson. After the death of the latter, Michael was scared for his health and almost completely refused food, quickly losing tens of kilograms. But this poor fellow did not help, and in 1992( 28 years), practically starving himself, with a weight of 272 kg, the thickest American Edelman died.
Francis John Lang( Michael Walker)
American Michael Walker was born in 1934.The young man had no problems with obesity - during the service in the army the future fat man weighed only 68 kg. After the army, the man quickly gained weight, and the uncontrollable appetite was explained by the side effect of the medicines prescribed by the doctor. When a fat American stopped getting out of bed, he quickly realized that even on this one can make money.
Walker bought a mobile home and traveled around America, flaunting his huge body for money. He was lying on the big bed, telling wishing about the dangers of modern medicines. Michael weighed in the summer of 1971( 538 kg), and six months later a fat American was hospitalized on suspicion of a heart attack. After the hospital, Walker began to lose weight, and by 1980 dropped 180 kg.
Paul Mason
The thickest man in the UK Paul Mason was born in 1961. He is one of the few fat people in the world who was able to defeat his illness and become a full member of society. From the earliest virginity, Paul suffered an uncontrollable appetite and by 2007 weighed 444 kg. Stomach's stomach consumed up to 20,000 calories a day, but did not feel saturated. When the extra pounds of the thickest Briton did not allow him to move, he was transferred to the care of the State Health Service.
Doctors said that Mason did not have to live long, then the fat man decided to carry out gastric bypass surgery, as a result of which the stomach decreased to the size of a chicken egg. Because of this surgical intervention, Paul was able to lose weight, because the saturation came much earlier. The operation gave the most fat man in the world the hope of a normal life and many years of life.
Kit Martin
Another well-known fat man of the world is British citizen Kit Martin. When the young man was 16 years old, he began to gain extra pounds after the death of his mother. By the age of 25, a fat Briton no longer fit into clothes of even the largest size, but did not stop eating much. By the age of 32, Kit ordered clothes only in special stores, and by 2008 he stopped climbing the steps of his house and settled on the first floor.
The thickest Briton at 42 years suffered from severe asthma, arrhythmia, terrible migraines and constant joint pain. With a weight of 358 kg, a man did not leave his house for 10 years, and the last 7 years he did not get out of bed. Martin was attended by 7 doctors who visited him every day. One of the thickest men in the world tried to kill himself several times, but passed away after a pneumonia of 44 years.
Susannah Emann
The most fat woman in the world - an American Susanna Emann was born in 1979.But the story of her obesity began already in adolescence, when the girl caught the eye of the article about the thickest people in the world. At that time Suzanne worked as a model for the bbw, but after a little thought, she decided to beat all the records in order to achieve fame in this field. Emann estimated that to achieve the title of the most fat woman in the world she needs to eat more than 20,000 calories per day, but for her appetite this was not a problem.
Although doctors warn Susan that obesity can lead to dangerous health consequences, the bbw keeps on gaining weight, claiming that with every kilogram it feels better. In the period from 20 to 30 years, Emann recovered by 225 kilograms, and now confidently goes to her dream - to become the most fat woman in the world, not only for today, but at all times. Spending their photos and videos in the YouTube, the fatty has a large army of fans.
Jessica Leonard
The thickest child in the world is called the 7-year-old resident of Chicago Jessica Leonard. After reaching 7 years of age, the girl weighed 222 kilograms. The fatty Jessica could not sit, walk, turn on her own. Moving to a fat child was helped by a mother who fattened her daughter to huge proportions, constantly spiked with fried meat, French fries, chips and other fast food.
When the news of the fat girl flew all over America, it was decided to put the child in the clinic, where she was put on a diet and forced to engage in physical education. After 1.5 years, Jessica lost weight by 140 kilograms, but there was one more problem - excess skin. After several operations, the world's most fat girl turned into an ordinary child, began attending school, communicating with peers.
Video-selection of the thickest and heaviest people in the world
Apparently, being the most fat man in the world is not easy. All fat people suffer from a set of various sores and do not live long. If the obesity is caused not by a constant desire to fill the stomach, but any disease, then a fat person can return to normal weight is possible. But if the increased appetite is caused by mental disorders, then the problem of obesity is difficult to remove, and it takes a long time to treat the patient not only nutritionists, but also psychotherapists. Look at the video, what the thickest people in the world look like:
Photos of the thickest people in the world in 2017
Why do people become fat? This is due, above all, to an increase in the quality of life, in which a person leads a sedentary lifestyle, feeding on poor-quality food. Particularly serious was the problem of childhood obesity, which occurs for several reasons:
- Heredity.
- Psychological factors.
- Absence of physical activity.
- Incorrect power.
So that a person does not become fat since childhood, parents need to control his meals, limit the time of finding the offspring near the computer and TV, make him move more, talk to him more often about emotional problems. Obese people are sick, because food is a kind of drug that destroys not only human health, but life as well.