World's most obese man vies for different record Posted: 5 months ago by doggylives
Mexico's Manuel Uribe, once the world's most obese man, is now vying for a different record: the human who has lost the most weight.
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Forklift helps 700-lb Mexican man take rare outing Posted: 2 months ago by AutumnLotus
A 700-pound (310-kilogram) man once considered the world's most obese person left his home for the first time in five months Sunday with the aid of a forklift and a platform truck.
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Should the airlines have a Fat Tax? Posted: 11 months ago by 2manyusernames
OBESE airline passengers should be forced to pay a "fat tax" to cover the cost of transporting their excess weight, according to a controversial proposal by health experts. Currently you have to pay extra for heavier luggage to cover the additional expense. Obese passengers also increases the airlines' expenses. Is it fair to make the obese pay or to spread the cost amongst all fliers?
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Sorry, ladies. He's taken. Posted: 5 days ago by Wingnut
Manuel Uribe, who once weighed over 1,200 pounds and earned a Guinness record as the World's Fattest Man, will marry his girlfriend later this month.
Your TMI moment: they have an active sex life and she bathes him in bed every day. Lucky girl!
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Pictured: The world's fattest pets Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
They say dogs are like their owners.
Well if these pictures of the world's fattest pets are anything to go by, there must be some obese dogs-lovers out there, as well as cat and guinea pig owners.
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Obese Animals Posted: 4 months ago by doggylives
Slideshow of morbidly obese animals. The question is, should the owners face charges of animal cruelty?
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Study predicts 75 percent overweight in U.S. by 2015 Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
If people keep gaining weight at the current rate, fat will be the norm by 2015, with 75 percent of U.S. adults overweight and 41 percent obese, U.S. researchers predicted on Wednesday.
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Bill would make it illegal to feed the obese Posted: 8 months ago by DemureArt
Three legislators want to make it illegal for restaurants to serve obese customers in Mississippi.
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Your best friend can make you fat Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Could your best friend make you fat?
Researchers who have studied "networks" of obesity think so: they found that if someone's friend becomes obese, that person's chances of becoming obese increase by more than half.
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Like Owner, Like Dog: One Third Of US Dogs Are Obese, Cats Also Suffer Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
Obesity in pets mirrors that of humans, as do the reasons -- decreased physical activity, age, and an increased caloric intake, even genetic predisposition. Like humans, there are also many health problems associated with being obese, such as diabetes mellitus.
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No Babies for obese women. Posted: 4 months ago by gammerus
"Dr David Knight said not only were obese women far less likely to get pregnant but any pregnancy was 80 times more likely to end in tragedy."
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Obese Folks More Likely to Survive Heart Attacks Posted: 1 year ago by VooDooPeacock
. . . and yet, being overweight makes it more likely you'll have a heart attack in the first place. That's irony, Alanis.
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Obese woman could lose 75% of her weight in 2 years Posted: 2 years ago by Wingnut
The 850 lb woman was the largest ever to have gastric bypass surgery. Her doctor believes she could be down to 200 lbs within two years, which would include surgically removing 150 lbs of excess skin.
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Australia now world's fattest nation Posted: 4 months ago by aclister
Australia has overtaken the United States as the world's most obese nation, a new report says.
The report, Australia's Future Fat Bomb, says 26 per cent of adult Australians - almost 4 million people - are now obese
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Collision Spoils Date For 800 Pound Man Posted: 7 months ago by MandolinOrange
When Manuel Uribe went out on a date, he made all the necessary arrangements: a forklift to carry him out of the house and a flatbed tow truck big enough to haul the formerly half-ton man and his bed to a party.
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China to ban obese parents Posted: 2 years ago by teaya21
China will unveil new rules this week aimed at restricting the number of foreigners who can adopt Chinese children, which foreign agencies say will ban the obese and unmarried from adopting.
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Obese workers cost employers more, study finds Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Obese workers may cost their employers more, filing more workers' compensation claims for injuries on the job, and then more frequently going on to become disabled.
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Are you a candidate for gastric bypass surgery? Posted: 1 year ago by neilharvey
For those amongst us who are obese and have not succeeded in their efforts in regulating their weight through diet and exercise, bariatric surgery is often the last recourse.
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Obese at 8 months: the baby that already tips the scales at over 3 stone Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
An eight-month-old baby boy in Jilin, Northeast China has tipped the scales at over three stone. Weighing 18.8 kg (41 pounds) and measuring 78 centimeters in height, he was born with a normal birth weight of 3.3 kg (7 pounds 4 oz).
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Schoolgirl smashes the world record as she lets 25 snails slide across her face Posted: 1 month ago by AutumnLotus
There will be no need for a slow-motion replay to confirm this record-breaking feat.
Schoolgirl Tiana Walton has slithered into the record books - for having the most snails on her face at once. Eww!
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Snip a Nerve, Lose Weight Posted: 1 year ago by VooDooPeacock
A 1970's operation to help ulcer sufferers in which the vagus nerve (which spurs gastric acid production) was severed is being researched as a possible surgical weight loss aid with less complications than gastric bypass.
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