1,345 pound man?!?

AlsDonkBoxSquat

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/19/world/meast/saudi-arabia-obesity/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2

Wow, this just astounds me. As soon as a person is bed ridden their condition no longer becomes a simple matter of their responsibility, someone is helping them along.

(CNN) -- King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has intervened to help a man who has become one of the heaviest people in the world.

The king ordered Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari, who weighs 1,345 pounds (610kg) and is unable to move by himself, be transferred from the Southern border province of Jazan to the country's capital Riyadh to undergo treatment.

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According to Guinness World Records, the record weight for a living person is held by Manuel Uribe from Mexico, who weighed 1,235 pounds (560kg) in 2006. After making a television appeal for help, his weight in March 2012 had fallen to 980 pounds (444.6 kg.)



Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari weighs 1,345 pounds (610kg) and is unable to move by himself.

According to the official spokesman for Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health, Shaari was due to arrive in Riyadh either later Monday or on Tuesday. Pictures showed a fork-lift truck lifting him in is bed. The spokesman said Shaari is aged between 18 and 20.

He will be treated at the King Fahd Medical City, and undergo a series of dietary and physical programs in order to help him lose weight, the spokesman said. Although surgery is not scheduled at the moment, the Ministry of Health says it has not been ruled out. Special beds and trolleys have been made for him.


This case highlights how obesity is a growing problem in the Gulf.

According to the U.N., Kuwait has the highest proportion of obese adults in the Middle East, with 42.8% of its population considered severely overweight. Saudi Arabia follows at 35.2%.

The growth of obesity in the region is also an economic concern. According to a report by Frost & Sullivan, healthcare spending across the Gulf will triple to $133.2 billion by 2018, mainly as a result of lifestyle diseases.

k8blujay2

I'm genuinely curious as to how he got that big at that young of an age.

paulaviki

I saw this on the news this morning, he hadn't left his bedroom for 2 years. I just find it really sad someone can end up like that.

43932452

I truly find this unbelievable. Idk ..

AlsDonkBoxSquat

I saw this on the news this morning, he hadn't left his bedroom for 2 years. I just find it really sad someone can end up like that.

I find it sad that someone helped him end up like that, a 18 - 20 year old man who hasn't left his room in 2 years and is certainly immobile. Can you imagine the impact this would have on a person's organs/skeleton/musculature?

Damn, sometimes love is just the simple act of saying no.

Reedern

I saw this on the news this morning, he hadn't left his bedroom for 2 years. I just find it really sad someone can end up like that.

I find it sad that someone helped him end up like that, a 18 - 20 year old man who hasn't left his room in 2 years and is certainly immobile. Can you imagine the impact this would have on a person's organs/skeleton/musculature?

Damn, sometimes love is just the simple act of saying no.

I agree, someone or multiple people have to have been enabling his bad habits. How could any parent sit back and either contribute or allow this to happen? So sad. I don't want to sound judgemental, but as a parent, I could not stand to see my child in this condition. I would fight to the death to help my child be a healthy weight and be active.

SerenaFisher

So many parents want to be their kids friends, perhaps this is just another example of that. Then the idea of just saying no is more about love then handing them more cupcakes.

xxghost

Young man who hasn't left his room in two years?

Sounds like my boyfriend before I weaned him off of WoW.

onwarddownward

Is his nickname bigguybigrib?

runninguntilparadise

Young man who hasn't left his room in two years?

Sounds like my boyfriend before I weaned him off of WoW.

^ HAHAHA!


But wow, seriously. Seeing stuff like this really makes me sad that people... let them get that way, y'know?
It's certainly a motivator to keep moving! Thanks for sharing.

PaulHalicki

Young man who hasn't left his room in two years?

Sounds like my boyfriend before I weaned him off of WoW.

My thought exactly.