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'World's Fattest Man' to Have Weight-Loss Surgery
Manuel Uribe Garza Has Weighed as Much as 1,235 Pounds Sept. 5, 2006 - Source
Manuel Uribe Garza, thought to be the world's fattest man, could soon undergo weight-loss surgery in Italy, according to a report from the Italian news service Ansa.
A mechanic from northern Mexico, Garza has weighed as much as 1,235 pounds but recently lost weight with the help of doctors.
Italian surgeon Giancarlo DeBernardinis told Agence France-Presse, "We will hold a meeting in the coming days to work out the details of the hospitalization and to prepare the operating theater and the appropriate surgical tools."
Uribe drew worldwide attention when he appeared on the Televisa television network in January.
For the past five years, Uribe has been bedridden. He keeps a television and a computer he uses to update his Web site near his iron bed.
"People think that I can eat a whole cow, but it's not just overeating, it's also a hormonal problem," Uribe said
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His Starting weight was 580 kg/1200 pound. Now he had a weight loss surgery and lost 160 kg/350 pound in a few months. He is still over 400kg/850 pound...After five years he was able to leave his house and came out on the street and celebrate his weight loss..
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