Contrary To Popular Belief...

There Is A Mexican...IN MEXICO...More Obese Than The Ones Who Invade The US...


To really appreciate Manuel Uribe's size, you have to do a bit of lateral thinking.

Picture in your mind an ordinary adult male.

Then another.

And another. And another. And another. And another.

And, finally, one more. Seven fully grown men in all, standing in a line.

Now, add up their weight. Only then would you be getting close to Manuel Uribe.

The raw statistics are breathtaking.

At his peak, he weighed 560kg, or 1234lb, or 88st. That's half a ton. Small Japanese cars come in lighter.

I got a shock when I first met Manuel. He'd agreed to meet us at his home in Monterrey, northern Mexico.

I had expected him to be closeted in an upstairs bedroom, out of sight. But no.

No longer depressed

I stepped out of our taxi in front of what appeared to be a shop. And there he was - in the window.

The whole world can walk past gazing incredulously at Manuel as he lays on his reinforced bed.

It is not a shop, of course, it's his home.

More remarkably, Manuel has no problem with all the staring, not any more.

A short while ago, Manuel tried to take his own life, so depressed was he by his size.

But these days you could not meet a more engaging, funny and contented man..."

Uh huh. Okay then, lets return to planet earth shall we. And exactly how DID this man engorge himself to so prodigious a girthing?

"No-one knows for sure why Manuel joined the ranks of the hyper-obese, or morbidly obese, as his doctors call it.

He lived for 14 years in Dallas, Texas, and he himself blames an unending diet of burgers, pizzas and fizzy drinks."

There it is! I knew it. But of course WE are to blame. Why, I myself often balloon to 500-600 pounds when on a binge, and I'm sure you do too.

"But the doctors and other scientists are not so sure.

Naturally super-sized

They believe even the most gluttonous over-indulgence could not produce the kind of excess body weight Manuel has succumbed to. Instead, they think Manuel was super-sized by nature.

A fault in his genes which triggered the inflammation of his molecular structure.

Whatever the cause, the team of medics and nutritionists around him now, have come up with a specialist diet that has produced remarkable results.

We arrived just as meal time was starting. One of five meals a day.

Manuel tucked into a delicious looking bowl of fish soup, complete with large chunks of fish. That was followed by a grapefruit and half an apple, rounded off with 18 peanuts. Yes, 18 peanuts."

At long last! A breakthrough in obesity! This is fascinating stuff, kids, so pay attention. All one need do is reduce the amount of calories consumed, and...here's where it gets shocking...the weight begins to shed itself. Even "Naturally Super-Sized" gluttonous pigs can lose weight by eating less. Thank the heavens for modern science. Next they'll be telling us that using an umbrella can lead to not becoming drenched when walking in the rain.

And put this into perspective. This dude was heavier than the other big ass hog that kid shot while hunting in Georgia.