The thickest man in the world: a review of the brightest contenders for the title

The problem of obesity is very acute today in many countries of the world. A sedentary lifestyle, improper diet, poor ecology - all this can not but affect the most negative way on the condition and well-being of a person. Guinness Book of Records regularly registers all new nominees for the title "the thickest man in the world", and every year these data become, frankly, increasingly depressing: the weight grows, the age decreases, people's plans change from the desire to lose weight to the desire to even better To earn even more attention of the public. We bring to your attention some vivid examples of this.

John Brower Minnock

Taxi Driver from Washington John Brower Minnow is the most fat man in the world from 1941 to 1983. His weight was 635 kg with a height of 185 cm. With his movement, the brigade of 13 orderlies could hardly cope. As a result, the doctors came to the conclusion that John needed to lose weight urgently, otherwise he simply would not survive. The results were simply amazing: for 2 years the weight of this man decreased by 419 kg! But with this pathology it was not so easy to cope, and soon the weight began to return: for a week John added 90 kg. He lived only until he was 42 years old. At that time, his weight was 362 kg.

Manuel Uribe Garza

Manuel Uribe Garza was the owner of the title "the thickest man" until 2008. He is alive and even very happy to this day, as he managed to defeat his illness and become a man who lost weight by the most number of kilograms and, most importantly, kept this result. By 2007, Manuel's weight was 560 kg, and he could no longer move without help. Manuel turned to the doctors, resected the stomach, began to strictly adhere to the specially developed for him diet. Reducing the weight by 200 kg was only the beginning. After that, Manuel almost learned to walk anew and even married a nurse who had helped him in recent years.

Paul Mason

Another representative of the section of the Guinness Book of Records under the title "The Thickest People of the Planet" is the Britishman Paul Mason. At the age of 48 he weighs 445 kg. Paul admits that his overweight is a consequence of the gravest depression that overtook him after his father's death. Paul can not walk on his own and leads a practically motionless lifestyle. Around his bed are a variety of devices that help at least a little to alleviate his situation: medical devices, stands for food and drink, hygiene and medicine, TV and computer. The nutritional value of Paul's daily diet is more than 20,000 calories, whereas an adult male a day is enough 2500 calories. Paul Mason is in full state maintenance, and the cost for food alone is about $ 24,000 per year.

The thickest people in Russia: Dzhambulat Hotokhov

Dzhambulat Khotokhov is the most fat child in Russia and the world. At 10 years his weight exceeds 150 kg. Jambulat was born as the most ordinary child, but by the age of three his dimensions corresponded to the age of seven. Despite all the inconveniences and risks to health, relatives of Dzhambulata find in this kind of condition some pluses. So, such a complex is almost ideal for wrestling sumo wrestling. Jambik enjoys visiting the gym and easily raises two weights of 16 kg.

Here are representatives of the title "the thickest man". Of course, this is not all applicants for getting into the Guinness Book of Records, but only officially registered. It seems that such a sad statistics will make you think about your diet and lifestyle in general. Be healthy and beautiful!