A Mexican tipping the scales at 560 kilograms (1,234 pounds) will be listed as the world’s fattest man by the Guinness Book of Records, while a loss of 200 kilos (440 pounds) may make him the man who lost the most weight.
“I’m glad to be in the Guinness Book as the fattest man. I am also happy to have lost 200 kilos,” Manuel Uribe, 41, told AFP.
Uribe was able to leave his home in Monterrey, northern Mexico in March aboard a trailer to celebrate his weight loss.
Guinness has recognized his weighty achievement with a glass plaque.
“They gave it to me, I have it in my hands,” said Uribe, who founded an organization to help overweight people.
Uribe’s photograph appears in the 2008 Guinness Book of Records alongside a description of the treatment he has had and offers of surgery he has received.
Uribe said the editor of the book had promised to visit him next year, and held out the possibility of appearing in the 2009 edition as the man who had lost the most weight.
Uribe appeared on television in 2006 seeking help for his excess weight, which has plagued him for more than 20 years, most of which he has spent in bed.
Source :: Yahoo News
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Davis said,
Wrote on August 18, 2007 @ 4:29 pm
hi i enjoyed the read
marlaena said,
Wrote on December 12, 2008 @ 2:27 am
i hope he can get back on his feet again…..
litterally
any ways he has my condolelences
Q.man said,
Wrote on February 28, 2009 @ 2:47 pm
How can he get 560 kg.?!?
elinor said,
Wrote on March 5, 2009 @ 12:19 pm
horible ! : \
gidget said,
Wrote on March 12, 2009 @ 5:41 am
i watched the show on tv it was very sad too see how his own body come his prison but that shows all of us if he can do it so can we congrads on the weight lost and getting married
jerlanye said,
Wrote on May 13, 2009 @ 12:36 am
how do u live ur life? is it fun? anyways love the story.
sljf said,
Wrote on October 4, 2009 @ 11:08 pm
your fat
fucker said,
Wrote on October 4, 2009 @ 11:11 pm
that is not nice
congrats on the record for weight loss
Jondude said,
Wrote on November 15, 2009 @ 6:35 am
How does this guy move
And how is the bed still standing
I bet there is a bulldozer underneath the bed
bob the builder said,
Wrote on January 14, 2010 @ 3:19 am
wow thats a fat man!