Paul Mason, a 50-year-old man from England, was once considered the world’s fattest man at 980 pounds
but he recently had gastric bypass surgery and already weighs 560 pounds
He says his 20,000 calories a day is what accounts for his extreme size, but also blames Britain’s National Health Service for not allowing him to see an eating disorder specialist when he weighed just over 400 pounds
Donna Simpson (born 1967) is an American who in 2008 expressed her desire to become one of the heaviest women in the world
She wanted to reach a goal weight of 1,000 pounds (450 kg)
As of June 2010, Simpson weighed 602 pounds (273 kg), down from her 630 pounds (290 kg) in 2008
In 2010, she won the Guinness Book of World Records for “Heaviest Woman in Childbirth” In August 2011, Simpson went on a diet to reduce her weight to a goal of 370 pounds (170 kg) in order to become more self-sufficient and do a better job of raising her children
3 Manuel Uribe
Manuel Uribe (born June 11, 1965) is a man from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico known for being morbidly obese to one of the greatest extents known in recorded history
After peaking at around 597 kg (1,320 lb) and being bedridden since 2001, Uribe has lost around 400 pounds
(a third of his body weight, about 1818 kg) with the help of doctors and nutritionists and following the Zone diet
Uribe attracted worldwide attention when he appeared on the Televisa television network in January 2006, but turned down offers to undergo gastric bypass surgery in Italy
Uribe was also featured in the TV documentary The World’s Heaviest Man about his bedridden life and attempts to overcome the disease
By October 26, 2008, Uribe had reduced his weight to 360 kg (790 lb)
In February 2012, he weighed 440 pounds
4 Robert Earl Hughes
Robert Earl Hughes (June 4, 1926 – July 10, 1958) was the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world during his lifetime
Hughes’ excess weight was attributed to a malfunctioning pituitary gland
His chest was measured at 315 meters (103 ft) and he was estimated to have weighed 486 kilograms (1,070 lb) at his heaviest
At the time of his death, he weighed more than half a ton
Throughout his adult life, Hughes hosted carnivals and fairs; plans to appear on Ed Sullivan’s television program were announced but never materialized
On July 10, 1958, Hughes contracted a case of measles that soon developed into uremia, resulting in his death in Baylis, Illinois, U
WITH ; he was 32 years old
It is often said that he was buried in a piano case
This error stems from a sentence that appeared in subsequent editions of the Guinness Book of Records that read: “He was buried in a coffin the size of a piano case” His tombstone states that, at a confirmed weight of 1,041 pounds (472 kg), he was the heaviest man in the world
5Kenneth Brumley
Kenneth Brumley was one of the heaviest people on record to have his weight confirmed
He was featured in the Channel 4 BodyShock documentary ‘Half Ton Dad’ as a father of four who weighed almost 74 stone (468kg or 1,035lbs)
According to Kenneth Brumley’s statements in the documentary, he was bedridden for four years
After he was admitted as a gastric bypass patient at Renaissance Hospital in Houston, Texas, firefighters had to break down a wall in Brumley’s home to get him out
At Renaissance Hospital, Brumley was treated by a team of specialists who treated Renee Williams, who was considered the heaviest woman in the world at the time
The first step in Brumley’s treatment was a diet restricted to 1,200 calories per day, which allowed him to lose 1675 pounds (76 kg) in just 40 days
Michael Hebranko (born May 14, 1953) is a man suffering from an extreme case of morbid obesity, known as one of the heaviest people in the world
After staying at St Luke’s Hospital in New York dropped his weight from 411 kg (910 lb) to 90 kg (200 lb) and his waist size from 290 cm (110 in) to 91 cm (36 in) in 19 months , with the help of diet 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 that weight through surgery
He then toured the United States lecturing on his experiences and advocating diet and exercise, and appeared in infomercials promoting Richard Simmons
“Mayra Rosales Child Murder – 1000 Pound Woman Too Big To Kill”
A Texas court has ruled that Mayra Rosales, who weighs about 1,036 pounds, weighs too much and that it would have been impossible for her to raise her hand to kill her 2-year-old nephew, whom she has been charged with murdering in 2008
8Jon Brower Minnoch
This is Jon Brower Minnoch (1941 – 1983) from Bainbridge Island, WA
tall and his weight was estimated to be “probably more than” 1,400 pounds
in 1979, when it took 13 people to roll him over in bed
Minnoch, like many of the hardest people, suffered from massive edema; his weight had increased by at least 900 pounds
The former taxi driver was always unusually heavy, weighing in at 400 pounds
in 1966 and 975 lbs
in 1966 and 975 lbs
in 1976, but claimed he was in no way handicapped by his size until a 500-calorie diet sapped his muscle strength and left him on the brink of death
At his peak in 1978, Jon Brower Minnoch tipped the scales at an estimated 635 kilograms or 1397 pounds, or 100 stone if you prefer
He died on September 10, 1983, weighing 362 kilograms or 796 pounds
Minnoch was a father of two with his 110-pound wife Jeannette
A 50 stone (700lb) woman believed to be the world’s fattest is facing a weight loss battle after doctors told her she could die
Terri Smith is chained in her bedroom in her Ohio home, unable to move, stand or roll over on her own, setting a new world record for fattest woman in 2010
In her 20s, Terri weighed 18 stone (252 pounds) but remained active and held down a job as a mental health nurse for 20 years
“I helped wash, feed and clothe people,” she said
In order to undergo a brain scan and receive the life-saving treatment she may need, Terri is now embarking on a weight-loss regime of exercise and healthy eating
An 11-year-old boy named Dzhambik Khatokhov (aka Jambik) from Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, weighs 324 pounds, stands 5’2″, and sets the world record for the fattest child
At birth, Jambik weighed 6 lbs
– a reasonable amount for a baby – but by his first birthday he was over 28 pounds
At just three years old, Jambik was lifting weights as heavy as 7 pounds
Since then, Jambik has gained nearly 112 pounds
more on the porridge and ice cream diet
However, his mother Nelya (42) does not share their doctor’s concerns that Jambik’s weight is terrible
“It’s just growing — up and out,” she said
Jambik, who practices wrestling five days a week and also goes swimming, said: “I want to be an athlete when I grow up
Dzhambik is famous in Russia and has been featured in many Russian TV shows