Sometimes a person gains excess weight as a result of an illness. But most people have a different reason - they eat too much and exercise little. Obesity can make life incredibly difficult, both morally and physically. However, some people have even become famous for their weight. Here top 10 fattest people in the world of the living.
10. Dzhambulat Khatokhov - 240 kg
The fattest man in Russia was born on September 24, 1999 and by the age of 1 he already weighed 17 kilograms. And by the first class, Dzhambulat's weight reached 115 kg, thanks to which his name appeared in the Guinness Book of Records. His mother says that the son inherited his heroic dimensions from his grandfather.
Dzhambulat gained worldwide fame thanks to the documentary video "The Biggest Boy in the World", which was broadcast on many television channels around the world.
Currently, the weight of the young man reaches 240 kg, and he is not at all shy about it. On the contrary, Khatokhov is consciously increasing his body weight, and plans to perform in sumo competitions. He is actively involved in sports, participated in television shows and, at the invitation of journalists, visited Japan and England.
9. Donna Simpson - 290 kg
This adventurous lady with overly curvaceous curves created her own website, where her fans paid to watch Donna eat in order to gain even more weight. According to foreign publications, she thus earned $ 90,000 a year. In 2010, Donna received the title "Fattest Mom in the World" and immortalized her name in the Guinness Book of Records.
However, in 2011, the woman decided to lose weight up to 170 kg in order to be more independent and be able to fully take care of her two children.
Simpson is a proponent of the fullness acceptance movement and makes fun of people who "feel guilty when they overeat."
However, even at the “peak of form” Donna was far from the now deceased Carol Yager, who, with a height of 170 cm, weighed 544 kg.
8. Terry Smith - 320 kg
Once upon a time, this dark-skinned American woman was an active woman, despite the fact that she was plump since childhood. By the age of 20, she weighed 100 kg, but at the same time lived a full life, and then got married and became a mother.
As she naturally grew older, Terri constantly grew fat, and eventually found herself bedridden. The situation is complicated by the fact that the woman suffers from constant headaches and doctors suspect a brain tumor. However, there is no MRI for patients of this size.
7. Paul Mason - 445 kg
Mason's breakfast was a meal for ten people and included bread, bacon, sausages, and chicken eggs, while the snacks consisted of 40 packs of potato chips and 20 chocolate bars a day. The National Health Service of England had to widen the doors and hallways in Mason's house so that the restaurant staff could deliver food directly to the fat man's bed.
Mason was called the fattest man on Earth, but this did not make him happy. The Briton is tired of his appetites; he no longer wanted to consume nearly 20,000 calories every day.
In 2015, Paul Mason underwent gastric bypass surgery.To support the patient's weight, engineers had to install metal supports under the floor. To get rid of excess weight, the man was pushed by love for Rebecca Mountain. Thanks to this light feeling, he lost 305 kg and got rid of 21 kg of excess skin. Unfortunately, the couple broke up.
6. Katrina Raiford - 454 kg
As a child, Katrina was sexually abused, and began to "seize" stress. At the age of 14, she had to undergo treatment in a psychiatric hospital due to problems with overeating. This Florida resident spent most of her life within the four walls of her own home, communicating with peers only on the Internet.
However, Katrina did not lose hope for a normal life and managed to lose 261 kg with the help of gastrointestinal surgery and a strict diet. She is not going to be satisfied with what has already been achieved and already goes to romantic dinners with boyfriends.
5. Andre Nasr - 468 kg
The fattest man in Australia sought medical help in 2015, as he could not leave his home for the past two to three years. Andre consumed 12,000 calories daily - six times the recommended rate for Australians.
The Australian became so fat that one of the walls of his house had to be dismantled so that medical workers could take him to the hospital. There he joined a special treatment program.
Since then, Nasr has lost over 170 kg and says he wants to help others overcome extreme obesity.
4. Kenneth Brumley - 468 kg
At one time Kenneth was considered the fattest man on Earth, and a documentary film "Half Ton Dad" was made about his life. He was bedridden for four years, and the fire brigade had to break down the wall in his house to get the fat man outside and take him to Renaissance Hospital in Texas. There Brumley managed to lose 76 kg in 40 days.
The weight loss procedure involved limiting the man's daily diet to about 1200 calories per day. For comparison: Kenneth consumed about 30 thousand calories daily.
3. Myra Rosales - 470 kg
If you look at the photos of Myra in 2008 and now, it will be difficult to believe that they are the same person. This woman is living proof that it doesn't matter how much you weigh. The right motivation to lose weight is important.
In order to take care of her nephews, Mayra lost weight up to 91 kg. Her sister Jaime Lee is serving a prison sentence for the manslaughter of her two-year-old child. Rosales initially took the blame, saying that she accidentally sat on her nephew and crushed him. However, in the course of a high-profile investigation, the truth came out. And the real criminal was punished.
2. Juan Pedro Franco - 585 kg
In 2016, a resident of Mexico entered the Guinness Book of Records as the fattest man in the world. His weight at that time was just a little short of 595 kg. In a short film shown by the BBC, Franco explains that after a car accident at the age of 17, half of his body was “broken” and he was unable to fully recover. However, the doctors never understood why the man gained so much fat. Franco suffered from diabetes, high blood pressure and hypothyroidism.
He has now lost 132 kg, up to 453 kg. A whole team of 30 professionals helps him in this for free. The man's goal is very simple - to get up off the couch on his own. This motivates him to exercise and even undergo gastric bypass surgery.
1.Khalid ibn Mukhsen Shaari - maximum weight 610 kg
As a teenager, a Saudi Arabian weighed 610 kilograms. He only slightly fell short of the record set by the fattest man in history - American John Minnock, weighing 635 kg.
Khalid's extremely dubious health achievement was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
In 2013, the king of Saudi Arabia ordered the young man to be hospitalized. He also paid for the treatment. The young fat man was taken to the clinic on a military plane.
Two hundred and ninety kilograms - that's how much the fattest person in the world weighs after all the medical procedures.Through the efforts of doctors and Khalid himself, he managed to lose 320 kilograms. And by 2016, the world's heaviest person had acquired the ability to walk.