World's fattest man sheds 230 kilos
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The world's fattest man, according to the Guinness Book of Records, proudly announced he dropped 230 kilograms, nearly half his original weight, in less time than doctors had expected.
"I'm going to throw a big party," Manuel Uribe told AFP by telephone.
"I'm getting out of my house and going for a walk" in Monterrey, where he lives in northern Mexico.
Mr Uribe, 42, weighed in at 570 kilograms at his heaviest and for five years has been bedridden at his home, where his mother and fiancee help him.
Doctors from neighbouring United States, Italy and Mexico for two years have been helping Mr Uribe lose weight through dieting and exercise. His goal, he said, is dropping to a slim 120 kilos in four more years.
On March 9, Mr Uribe will be lifted out of his house on his bed by a special crane and driven around on a flat-bed truck.
"I feel great," he said.
"The doctors say I'm healthier than ever."
-AFP
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