Guest The Pom Queen Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 A Briton who devours eight hotdogs for breakfast has won the dubious accolade of being named the world’s fattest man. Keith Martin, 42, tips the scales at 58 stone, and is so large that he is bed-ridden. His needs are putting an extra drain on NHS resources and costing the taxpayer thousands of pounds as he requires an army of 18 medical professionals to look after him, including ambulance staff, carers and nurses. Eight ambulance workers must be on hand to help hoist his giant frame to a reinforced vehicle for frequent hospital visits close to his home in Harlesden, North-West London. Trips for health checks are the only occasions in the past ten years on which he has left his bed. He also requires four carers to visit him twice a day and four nurses three times a week to wash him and monitor his health as his staggering weight is putting massive strain on his heart and other internal organs. Medics say he would need to shed half his bulk before he could even be considered for a gastric band to aid his weight loss. Mr Martin took the crown of heaviest man on the planet after the previous title-holder – a 90-stone Mexican – went on a crash diet. Manuel Uribe, 44, is still listed as the heaviest man in the Guinness Book of Records but is believed to have shrunk to a relatively svelte 31st 6lb. Mr Martin has also overtaken another former world’s heaviest man, fellow Brit Paul Mason. Mr Mason, a 51-year-old former postman from Ipswich, slimmed down from 70st to 49st after being warned he was dangerously close to death. At the height of his binge-eating, Mr Mason would consume in excess of 20,000 calories per day and would be wheeled to local takeaways daily by his carers. By 2002, he was so big that a 5ft window at his former home had to be removed and a forklift truck brought in to lift him when he needed to go to hospital for a hernia operation. But the subsequent fitting of a gastric band coupled with a healthy diet finally saw him reach a manageable weight. Super-sized Mr Martin seems to have no plans to follow Mr Mason’s lead, and tells a Channel 5 documentary, due to be aired next week, that his life of excess was triggered by the death of his mother when he was a teenager. ‘My mother died when I was 16 and I didn’t care about anything after that and I couldn’t care less about what happened to me – I ate anything and everything,’ he said. ‘I blame myself. It was my fault and I hate what I have done to myself.’ Mr Martin has not had a girlfriend for 20 years and can no longer find clothes that fit him, as he is 5ft 9in with a six- foot waist. He relies on round-the-clock support from carers and relatives with his two sisters taking it in turn to carry out house visits. He spends his days watching television and gorging on sweets, cakes, biscuits and sausages. Mr Martin is one of several morbidly obese Brits to appear in the TV programme Big Body Squad, which aims to raise awareness of the plight of more than a million similarly overweight people who cost taxpayers millions of pounds in home help costs every year. HIS TYPICAL DAILY MENU Breakfast: Eight hot dogs and four slices of bread, or a pile of ham sandwiches followed by coffee with sugar. Lunch: A selection of chocolate bars, cakes, a packet of biscuits plus more coffees with sugar. Dinner: Two whole roast dinners with all the trimmings, or 16 sausages plus a family-sized bag of oven chips washed down with coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Well he cant get up to make his own meals or do his own shopping ,so shame on however is making all that crap for him. Maybe if he or his family were told to take out private cover or he could only recieve the basic 2 carers most elderly people recieve ,things might change... Cal x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AKA63029 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Huge indeed, but more worrying is the size of the TV at the end of his bed.:eek: How can he be expected to watch Jeremy Kyle on that thing.:embarrassed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckleface Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I wonder sometimes about what leads people to do this to themselves. I think it is really sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolbox Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Ain't the uk welfare state great.....this is not what it was introduced for:no: I wonder if he would have got that fat if he was born in say, Romania:unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonetruechris Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Wonder if his sisters have heard of the term enabler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonetruechris Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Ain't the uk welfare state great.....this is not what it was introduced for:no: I wonder if he would have got that fat if he was born in say, Romania:unsure: Why is the food like loads dearer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AKA63029 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Ain't the uk welfare state great.....this is not what it was introduced for:no: I wonder if he would have got that fat if he was born in say, Romania:unsure: Hi mate. He needs to get on this and exercise: [ATTACH=CONFIG]12458[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonetruechris Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Sorry couldn't resist 'pile of ham sandwiches' is that a standard unit?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonetruechris Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 is that like a Chinese version of a chopper cause that don't look right to me but yes the fat guy could do with a bit of exercise (postdated) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calNgary Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 LOL, I wasn't allowed a Chopper i had to make with do with my brothers hand me down Tomahawk,,lol Cal x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AKA63029 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 LOL, I wasn't allowed a Chopper i had to make with do with my brothers hand me down Tomahawk,,lol Cal x I had a 'Chipper' Cal, the girls version of a Chopper. Only found out several years ago from my parents. I'm going to visit them soon in the 'Sunshine Home For The Cruel and Inept' which I have paid ten years in advance for.:laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonetruechris Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 The tomahawk was an awesome weapon (read that's what i had when i wanted a chopper) finally got one later in childhood put 2 wheels on the front interesting ride also anyone remember grifters the proto bmx ps sorry about the language (hangs head in shame - trying to drink a cold into oblivion) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolbox Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Why is the food like loads dearer? No its cheaper.....but I thought perhaps he my struggle to hold down full time employment in a well paid job.......which he would need to pay for the barrow of food he eats daily. Unless of coarse the over burdened tax payer is picking up the tab:unsure: if so, that would not happen in say Romania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolbox Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I had a 'Chipper' Cal, the girls version of a Chopper. Only found out several years ago from my parents.I'm going to visit them soon in the 'Sunshine Home For The Cruel and Inept' which I have paid ten years in advance for.:laugh: :biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonetruechris Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 No its cheaper.....but I thought perhaps he my struggle to hold down full time employment in a well paid job.......which he would need to pay for the barrow of food he eats daily.Unless of coarse the over burdened tax payer is picking up the tab:unsure: if so, that would not happen in say Romania Having spent years coming back form the pub and watching eurotrash anythings possible t'other side of t'channel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 A friend on FB posted a great photo of an overweight person on a bike cycling around Cairns, well he thought he was cycling and shouted good on yer mate, he then realised it was an electric bike lol. I wouldn't mind one of those though they look good :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabo Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 It would be a three man job just to wipe his arse. Shameful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AKA63029 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 A friend on FB posted a great photo of an overweight person on a bike cycling around Cairns, well he thought he was cycling and shouted good on yer mate, he then realised it was an electric bike lol. I wouldn't mind one of those though they look good :yes: I used to know a 'girl' that went by the name of the 'Electric Bike' Kate, nuff said.:embarrassed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flybyknight Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 i know the thread's moved on but to me that's total neglect! it says there he has an 'army' of helpers. do they feed him 8 frickin hot dogs for breakfast? when you can get you'r own fat ass to the kitchen to cook, you can have 8, until then you will have this small bowl of all bran and feckin like it. bloody nanny state, maybe just maybe if he was allowed to be picked on at school, he might not have ended up like that! sometimes, a firm hand is needed. some people just dont have the capacity to even help themselves. on the bright side though, another record for the uk!! go us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest30085 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I find this a really sad situation for the individual, although a lot of people will be very quick to judge, I can only think that something triggered this behaviour in him to make him want to commit a slow suicide? I do agree though that those currently around him are enabling him to carry on, family members who are still making him huge amounts of the wrong kinds of food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AKA63029 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I find this a really sad situation for the individual, although a lot of people will be very quick to judge, I can only think that something triggered this behaviour in him to make him want to commit a slow suicide? I do agree though that those currently around him are enabling him to carry on, family members who are still making him huge amounts of the wrong kinds of food. We can all joke Prof, (I have,:embarrassed:) but it is obvious a far deeper psychological reason exists in the vast majority of these types of cases. Anorexia in reverse I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I wonder from a medical point of view, could you just cut him down to say 1500 calories per day or would his body go in to shock, don't laugh I have no idea if it's possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest30085 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I wonder from a medical point of view, could you just cut him down to say 1500 calories per day or would his body go in to shock, don't laugh I have no idea if it's possible. I was going to ask the same thing K, I wondered if a complete or sudden stop of the fatty foods would cause severe problems and if it would need to be done gradually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flybyknight Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 lard drip maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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