Fattest man drops 230kg

2008-02-13 12:05

Monterrey, Mexico - The world's fattest man, according to the Guinness Book of Records, proudly announced on Tuesday he dropped 230kg, 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.

Uribe, 42, weighed in at 570kg at his heaviest and for five years has been bed-ridden at his home, where his mother and fiancee helped him.

Doctors from neighbouring United States, Italy and Mexico for two years have been helping Uribe lose weight through dieting and exercise. His goal, he said, is dropping to a slim 120kg in four more years.

On March 9, 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