<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>World's most obese man vies for different record : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/"/><tagline>World's most obese man vies for different record : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-12-05T01:10:58+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[World's most obese man vies for different record]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/61766/1/" /><id>61766</id><summary><![CDATA[World's most obese man vies for different record]]></summary><issued>2008-05-14T03:55:35+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-14T03:55:35+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;margin-bottom:-20px'><SCRIPT src="/ads/adsense.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>
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<entry><title><![CDATA[Forklift helps 700-lb Mexican man take rare outing]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/71963/1/" /><id>71963</id><summary><![CDATA[Forklift helps 700-lb Mexican man take rare outing]]></summary><issued>2008-08-11T08:40:32+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-11T08:40:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Should the airlines have a Fat Tax?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/41389/1/" /><id>41389</id><summary><![CDATA[Should the airlines have a Fat Tax?]]></summary><issued>2007-11-11T22:23:53+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-11T22:23:53+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[OBESE airline passengers should be forced to pay a &quot;fat tax&quot; 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?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Sorry, ladies. He's taken.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/78548/1/" /><id>78548</id><summary><![CDATA[Sorry, ladies. He's taken.]]></summary><issued>2008-10-02T15:23:52+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-02T15:23:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.<br/><br/>Your TMI moment: they have an active sex life and she bathes him in bed every day. Lucky girl!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Pictured: The world's fattest pets]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/61577/1/" /><id>61577</id><summary><![CDATA[Pictured: The world's fattest pets]]></summary><issued>2008-05-12T21:35:17+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-12T21:35:17+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[They say dogs are like their owners.<br/><br/>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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Obese Animals]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/64715/1/" /><id>64715</id><summary><![CDATA[Obese Animals]]></summary><issued>2008-06-08T12:45:57+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-08T12:45:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Slideshow of morbidly obese animals. The question is, should the owners face charges of animal cruelty?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Study predicts 75 percent overweight in U.S. by 2015]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27960/1/" /><id>27960</id><summary><![CDATA[Study predicts 75 percent overweight in U.S. by 2015]]></summary><issued>2007-07-19T02:10:32+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-19T02:10:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Like Owner, Like Dog: One Third Of US Dogs Are Obese, Cats Also Suffer]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/51662/1/" /><id>51662</id><summary><![CDATA[Like Owner, Like Dog: One Third Of US Dogs Are Obese, Cats Also Suffer]]></summary><issued>2008-02-22T04:57:37+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-22T04:57:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Obese have right to two seats]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82473/1/" /><id>82473</id><summary><![CDATA[Obese have right to two seats]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T07:24:35+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T07:24:35+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Canada's two largest airlines must give disabled and morbidly obese passengers an extra free seat on domestic flights, beginning in January, after the Supreme Court of Canada refused Thursday to consider the carriers' appeal of a federal order.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[No Babies for obese women.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/63864/1/" /><id>63864</id><summary><![CDATA[No Babies for obese women.]]></summary><issued>2008-06-01T06:24:12+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-01T06:24:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;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.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[World's Heaviest Man Marries]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/80319/1/" /><id>80319</id><summary><![CDATA[World's Heaviest Man Marries]]></summary><issued>2008-10-27T03:36:36+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-27T03:36:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Manuel Uribe finds happiness.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bill would make it illegal to feed the obese]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/49184/1/" /><id>49184</id><summary><![CDATA[Bill would make it illegal to feed the obese]]></summary><issued>2008-02-01T16:35:08+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-01T16:35:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Three legislators want to make it illegal for restaurants to serve obese customers in Mississippi.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Your best friend can make you fat]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28957/1/" /><id>28957</id><summary><![CDATA[Your best friend can make you fat]]></summary><issued>2007-07-26T00:51:04+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-26T00:51:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Could your best friend make you fat?<br/><br/>Researchers who have studied &quot;networks&quot; 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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Australia now world's fattest nation]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/65984/1/" /><id>65984</id><summary><![CDATA[Australia now world's fattest nation]]></summary><issued>2008-06-19T19:09:25+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-19T19:09:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Australia has overtaken the United States as the world's most obese nation, a new report says.<br/><br/>The report, Australia's Future Fat Bomb, says 26 per cent of adult Australians - almost 4 million people - are now obese]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Collision Spoils Date For 800 Pound Man]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/53891/1/" /><id>53891</id><summary><![CDATA[Collision Spoils Date For 800 Pound Man]]></summary><issued>2008-03-11T12:17:12+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-11T12:17:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Obese Folks More Likely to Survive Heart Attacks]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26779/1/" /><id>26779</id><summary><![CDATA[Obese Folks More Likely to Survive Heart Attacks]]></summary><issued>2007-07-09T22:37:55+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-09T22:37:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[. . . and yet, being overweight makes it more likely you'll have a heart attack in the first place. That's irony, Alanis.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Obese woman could lose 75% of her weight in 2 years]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11439/1/" /><id>11439</id><summary><![CDATA[Obese woman could lose 75% of her weight in 2 years]]></summary><issued>2007-02-23T11:05:08+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-23T11:05:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[World's Tallest Mohawk - New Guinness World Record]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82221/1/" /><id>82221</id><summary><![CDATA[World's Tallest Mohawk - New Guinness World Record]]></summary><issued>2008-11-18T20:27:08+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-18T20:27:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Eric Hahn broke the official worlds record for the tallest mohawk in Omaha, Nebraska on November 14th. Standing at over 27 inches tall, his mohawk took about 3 hours to create with only a process of hairspray and blow drying.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Obese workers cost employers more, study finds]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17686/1/" /><id>17686</id><summary><![CDATA[Obese workers cost employers more, study finds]]></summary><issued>2007-04-24T12:24:31+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-24T12:24:31+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[China to ban obese parents]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/7963/1/" /><id>7963</id><summary><![CDATA[China to ban obese parents]]></summary><issued>2006-12-20T17:33:29+01:00</issued><modified>2006-12-20T17:33:29+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Obese at 8 months: the baby that already tips the scales at over 3 stone]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43427/1/" /><id>43427</id><summary><![CDATA[Obese at 8 months: the baby that already tips the scales at over 3 stone]]></summary><issued>2007-12-06T08:38:58+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-06T08:38:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[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).]]></content></entry></feed>