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Friday 10 December 2010

Meet Terri Smith: The World's Fattest Woman

Huge problem: Terri Smith, pictured in her bed with medication, is facing a battle to get fit so she can fit in an MRI machine
49 year old mother of one, Terri Smith, is believed to be the World's Fattest Woman, weighing 700lb. She is confined to her bedroom in her Ohio home unable to move, stand or roll over by herself.
Suffering from severe headaches which doctors fear could stem from a brain problem, Terri urgently needs a brain scan - but is too big to fit inside an MRI machine.

13 comments:

VoiceOfTruth said...

This woman is so PPPPHHHHHAAAATTTT that her case has become a critical one in the hands of competent doctors! Ijekuje o wa poju bayi ??!!

Chi said...

Omg!!! I feel so sorry for this woman

Anonymous said...

my name is anita and i am speechless!

Anonymous said...

eyah!I wonder how she came to be this big!She needs gastric bypass

Uju Hill said...

If a gastric bypass was possible, it would have been done. How did she get that big? Didn't she think it was a problem when she was 200lbs? Didn't she think of her kid?
I can't even begin to write down the things going on in my head. It's a pity.

Anonymous said...

unfortunately this is how a lot of Nigerian women would look like if given the chance- obesity is becoming a big problem in Nigeria, particularly among middle aged southern Nigerian women in urban areas- the problem is that we are eating too much carbohydrates such as pounded yam and not burning it off- in the past, our fathers and mothers in the village ate pounded yam for energy and burnt it off by engaging in heavy farm work- not the case today where people just don't believe in exercise. Then there are fizzy drinks like fanta, coca cola which contain too much sugar- far more than the recommended levels...

Anonymous said...

J-E-E-Z!

muero_ebony said...

I feel so sorry for her, she is fat but i kinda like her face,i think she has a beautiful face

Anonymous said...

it may not have been food that caused it...geez!and even if it was then she must be ill to have eaten herself like this.Woman has a problem and this needs to be fixed.

PennyGate said...

Also i will like to advise the likes of her to patiently go through:http://obehiokoawo.blogspot.com/2010/12/8-harmful-effects-of-fat.html

I hope they find it useful.

. said...

a quote I peeped on twitter once "3 seconds on your lips, forever on your hips" something like that, I hope she's able to get help, it can happen to anyone if you let food control your life.

ugo said...

to those asking how it got this bad, it's really not that far-fetched.

it starts from poor eating habits, you know, the eating of a little bit here and there. then at some stage, in childhood or a bit later in adulthood, they become overweight. from there, they slip into obesity (as there is a thin line between being overweight and obesity)...

... and then the crucial part which most people don't seem to realise is that at this stage, they are battling with no longer one problem, but TWO. the second is image-related problems. depression sets in. they can't deal with their appearance and taunts. they try to diet, but it takes long enough for people in a normal weight range to notice any changes in their body from dieting, talkless of people like this. they try with one meal, maybe two or even an entire day's meal... jump on the scale, look in the mirror... and there's is no difference. they get depressed and think it's a pointless venture. to address the depression, they turn to the one thing that lifts them up - and that is food. then they eat more, and then gain more weight.

it's a vicious cycle. and more people need to know that it is as much an appetite thing as it is a mental thing. she's not this fat just because she likes food that much. it is only one side of the coin.

Anonymous said...

gooooshh!!!!,i usually laugh @ all comment nd i dnt make any bt dis ahhhh!!! i must comment, am scared 4 me ohhhhh!!!!1 cus d more kip losing weight d more it finds me,i dnt want 2 be anytin near dis woman oooooo helpppppppp!!!!!

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