He went on beat his own "girth" record, retitled to Largest chest measurement , peaking at 3. In September , he measured cm 6 ft 1 in tall and weighed kg lb; 69 st 9 lb.
But just two years later, in March , Jon was admitted to University Hospital, Seattle, US, where consultant endocrinologist Dr Robert Schwartz calculated that he must have weighed in excess of 1, lb kg; st. A great deal of this was due to water accumulation — a result of his congestive heart failure. In order to get Jon to hospital, a dozen firemen and an improvised stretcher were required to move him from his home to a ferry boat.
When he arrived at University Hospital, saturated with fluid and suffering from heart and respiratory failure, Jon was put in two beds lashed together. It took 13 people to roll him over. After nearly two years on a diet of 1, calories per day, Jon was discharged at kg lb; 34 st.
In Oct , however, he had to be readmitted after putting on more than 89 kg lb; 14 st. When he passed away on 10 September , the heaviest person ever weighed more than kg lb; 57 st.
For successful slimmers such as Franco, the future is now longer and healthier. For Guinness World Records, the category of heaviest man now has a vacancy, and the job begins once more to find a new contender willing to share his medical information with the world… a contender who will hopefully see this as the first step towards reducing his weight. Heaviest living woman : Pauline Potter US weighed She attributes her weight problems to her childhood, when she regularly had to go without food.
Following gastric bypass surgery, Pauline shed almost lb 68 kg; 10 st , but continues to battle with her weight. Jacqueline weighed 8 lb 7 oz 3. Heaviest woman ever : Rosalie Bradford US is claimed to have reached a peak weight of 1, lb kg; 85 st in Jan In Aug that year, she was rushed to hospital having developed congestive heart failure. Through a combination of carefully controlled dieting and exercise — including clapping her hands — Rosalie was able to bring her weight down to lb kg; 20 st by Feb She went back to higher education and toured America, making motivational speeches at weight-loss seminars.
She finally passed away on 29 Nov at the age of 63, owing to weight related complications. Castaneda explained. Recovering well, doctors hope that he will get own to around 19 stone kg in the coming months. Hopeful for the future, Franco says the first thing he wants to do when he can walk is go outside.
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