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MONTERREY, Mexico: A Mexican tipping the scales at
560 kilograms (1,234 pounds) will be listed as the world’s fattest
man by the Guinness Book of Records, while a loss of 200 kilos (440
pounds) may make him the man who lost the most weight.
“I’m glad to be in the
Guinness Book as the fattest man. I am also happy to have lost 200
kilos,” Manuel Uribe, 41, told Agence France-Presse.
Uribe was able to leave his home
in Monterrey, northern Mexico in March aboard a trailer to
celebrate his weight loss.
Guinness has recognized his
weighty achievement with a glass plaque.
“They gave it to me, I have it
in my hands,” said Uribe, who founded an organization to help
overweight people.
Uribe’s photograph appears in
the 2008 Guinness Book of Records alongside a description of the
treatment he has had and offers of surgery he has received.
Uribe said the editor of the book
had promised to visit him next year, and held out the possibility
of appearing in the 2009 edition as the man who had lost the most
weight.
Uribe appeared on television in
2006 seeking help for his excess weight, which has plagued him for
more than 20 years, most of which he has spent in bed.
--AFP
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