‘World’s fattest man’ loses 127kg
The fattest man in the world has lost 127kg (279.4 lbs) after gastric surgery.
Briton Paul Mason took the title of world’s fattest after Mexican Manuel Uribe shed more than half his weight to get married last year.
Uribe weighed almost 600kg (1320 lbs) at his peak. Mason weighed in at 445kg (983.4 lbs) at his peak.
Paul Mason
The 48-year-old ex-postman from Chichester, West Sussex, is recovering after the surgery stapled part of his stomach in order to curb his food cravings.
Mason has been bedridden for the last eight years and was eating 20,000 calories a day.
It is eight times the maximum requirement for adult men.
It is believed Mason used to gorge three family-sized takeaways in a night.
He has come under fire in his home country after it was revealed his health care bills cost the taxpayer $179,000 a year.
