Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari | |
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خَالِدْ بِنْ مُحْسِنْ الشَّاعْرِي | |
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Known for | Heaviest living person |
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari ( Arabic: خالد بن محسن الشاعري; born 28 February 1991) is a Saudi Arabian man, who in August 2013 was found to be the heaviest living person, and the second-heaviest person in recorded history at 610 kg (1,340 lb; 96 st), behind Jon Brower Minnoch. As a result of medical treatment, he lost a total of 320 kg (710 lb; 50 st)—more than half his body weight—in six months. [1]
Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari was born in Saudi Arabia on 28 February 1991. He was 22 when he was declared the "fattest man alive", with a BMI of 204. [2]
In 2013, Saudi King Abdullah ordered him to come from his home in Jizan to King Fahd Medical City in the country's capital, Riyadh, to undergo a series of dietary and physical programs to help him lose weight. [3] During the weight loss, he was able to walk for the first time in five years, in February 2016, with a walker. [4] By November 2017, he had lost 542 kg (1,195 lb; 85.4 st) and now weighs 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st). [5] In January 2018, he had his last surgeries to remove excess skin. [6]