What can we learn about morbid obesity from Britain’s fattest man?

[AtW]

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-f...s-fattest-man/

[SueEllen]

Barry, who died of a heart attack in 2021 at the age of 52, became Britain’s fattest man, a title that changed hands frequently as incumbents died. At his heaviest he weighed 65 stone and was the star of the documentary Inside Britain’s Fattest Man hosted by Richard Hammond. He had his own magazine column and became a media personality. At his beloved Birmingham City Football Club, which created a special weight-bearing seat for him, away fans would chant: “Who ate all the pies?” and Barry would laugh and answer “I did”.

This attention fuelled his kamikaze lifestyle. He consumed up to 30,000 calories a day and drank up to 15 litres of Coke and 40 pints of lager. Local restaurants would feed him for free so people could witness how much he ate and drank.

[jamesbrown]

Relatively little, because MF is also quite thick.

[northernladuk]

a title that changed hands frequently as incumbents died

Well we've learned it's not very healthy and that it's easy to win as all you have to do is stay alive a bit longer than the guy above you. We also learned you won't hold the title for very long after all that effort.