Meanwhile, back in the desert...

[Wolferz]

The Arab was eating his camels...
1300 pound Saudi man forklifted to the hospital after part of his home was demolished to get him out...
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/20/20105757-forklift-helps-1300-pound-saudi-man-get-to-hospital-for-obesity-treatment#comments

Must have had a heavy duty bed. I wonder how they changed his sheets?:huh:

[STEED]

Must have had a heavy duty bed. I wonder how they changed his sheets?:huh:

I rather not know at all.

[Fubar2Niner]

Pickfords?

[Jimbuna]

I rather not know at all.

Me neither :o

Pickfords?

LOL :)

[Wolferz]

This fellow would be a prime candidate for a Subway ad campaign.:up::O:

Move over Jarred, half ton Abdul needs the room.

[Platapus]

What I don't understand about these types of stories (and they happen in many areas) is that when this big, these people can't get food themselves. Who is feeding them and why don't they take control over the obese person's diet?

We have plenty of such stores in the US. But the press never seems to ask the enablers why.

[Wolferz]

What I don't understand about these types of stories (and they happen in many areas) is that when this big, these people can't get food themselves. Who is feeding them and why don't they take control over the obese person's diet?

We have plenty of such stores in the US. But the press never seems to ask the enablers why.

I dunno, it might not be 100% diet causing the problem with their weight. It could be a thyroid condition coupled with improper diet and a sedentary life style. But, I agree that if someone feeds an unhealthy addiction, they need help even more than the victim. If it was me, I'd tell the guy... When you can get out of bed and fetch you're own food, then you can eat. Then again, maybe the home owner didn't want the stairs broken or something. The fellow was in a second floor bedroom.

Like with so many other things, there is always someone else who has it worse. Like a documentary I caught part of the other night about some poor guy here in the states who had some odd testicular condition that caused one of his testicles to grow to a massive size. Weighing 132 pounds all by its lonesome.:huh:
I wonder if he was an AC/DC fan?:03:

[Armistead]

I saw that, had to load him on cargo plane

[Wolferz]

I saw that, had to load him on cargo plane

The comments under the article, unfortunately, reveals the worst of humanity covering the entire spectrum of snide and insensitive remarks.

[fireftr18]

I can see how people that are bed-ridden can get large. The care taker is responsible for controlling diet to keep weight down. I remember reading a story about a lady, the family was doing everything right to try to keep or get the weight down. The problem was the neighbors. The times when the family were gone, the lady would call the neighbors, tell them she was hungry. The neighbors would come over and ablige her.
I don't understand how healthy people get that large. It bothers me that I have a little extra on the belly.

[Webster]

What I don't understand about these types of stories (and they happen in many areas) is that when this big, these people can't get food themselves. Who is feeding them and why don't they take control over the obese person's diet?

We have plenty of such stores in the US. But the press never seems to ask the enablers why.

because 90% of the time there is a 300+ pound relative bringing them food on demand constantly. overeating is often a family habit with varying degrees of extreme.

stop feeding them if they cant walk around anymore to feed themselves. its a simple fact that if you ignore the cries of the morbid obese for excessive food they will lose weight. but its always someone enabling them by shoveling food into their mouths for them in some misguided idea of love and caring.