- Walter Hudson
Walter Hudson (c. 1944 in
Brooklyn , NY – 1991) of Hempstead,New York was the fourth mostobese human in medical history. He also holds theGuinness World Record for the largest waist. It measured 119 inches (3.02m) in 1987 when he was at his peak weight of 1,197 lbs. Hudson lived on an average daily diet of two boxes of sausages, a pound of bacon, 12 eggs, a loaf of bread, four hamburgers and four cheeseburgers, eight portions of fries, three ham steaks, two chickens, four baked potatoes, four sweet potatoes, and four heads of broccoli. He also drank an average of 12 pints of soda with every meal.Dick Gregory involvement
Hudson made headlines after becoming wedged into his bedroom doorway and having to be rescued by
firemen . It took 9 men to move him back onto his reinforced bed.Comedian andnutritionist Dick Gregory used Hudson to highlight the virtues of his diet system, often saying that Hudson had lost between 200 and 800 pounds (90–360 kg), and using him for his own Bahamian diet. When Hudson refused to participate in the making of avideotape about the diet, Gregory refused to continue to help him.Death
Walter Hudson died in his sleep at age 47, weighing 1125 pounds (510.29 kg), after years of
starvation dieting . His death came weeks after he announced hiswedding date.ee also
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List of the most obese humans
*Morbid obesity
*Obesity External links
* [http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/dimtext/kjn/people/heaviest.htm The World's Heaviest People] - DimensionMagazine.com
* [http://www.newsday.com/about/custom/nie/ny-iholi0303story1,0,1030375.htmlstory 1987: World’s Heaviest Man is Stuck in Hempstead Doorway] -Newsday .com
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