Zoo Tries to Make Obese Leopard Lose Weight, Fails
A Chinese zoo has given up on its plans to help an overweight leopard lose weight after two months of efforts yielded virtually no results. Back in March, a leopard at the Panzhihua Park Zoo in China’s Sichuan Province became an overnight internet sensation after photos and videos of him went viral online. The overweight […]
Godzilla, Thailand’s Fattest Macaque, Dies Due to Obesity-Related Illness
A morbidly obese macaque named Godzilla who gorged on treats offered by passers-by in Bangkok, Thailand, succumbed to a myriad of weight-related illnesses at the tender age of six. On May 6th, Godzilla breathed his last breath at the Crystal Pet Hospital in Bangkok as his master held its tiny hand in his. However, the […]
Stray Dog in Russia Suffers from Extreme Obesity, Weighs Almost 100 Kilograms
It’s rare for any dog to reach 100 kilograms, let alone a stray one, but Krugets, a stray dog living in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, has become so fat that he can barely get up. The Great Dane, the world’s largest dog breed, weighs between 300 (136 kg) and 400 pounds (181 kg), […]
Chinese Man Gains 100Kg During Five-Month Lockdown
A 26-year-old Chinese man was recently labeled Wuhan’s fattest person after gaining a whopping 100 kilograms during the city’s five-month lockdown. The man, referred to only as Zhou, to protect his privacy, wasn’t exactly fir before the coronavirus started wreaking havoc in Wuhan, prompting the authorities to impose a strict lockdown. But at least he […]
Personal Trainer Gets Obese Man Banned at Takeaways to Help Him Lose Weight
A personal trainer on a quest to stop his 27-year-old obese client from “eating himself to death” has been distributing posters to local takeaway places instructing them not to serve him. Every year, Mike Hind, a successful personal trainer from Middlesbrough, in the UK, takes on a client for free and tries to turn their […]
Downsize Fitness – The Gym That Only Accepts People Who Are At Least 50 Pounds Overweight
Have you been wanting to join a gym, but hesitated because it feels weird to work out among all those super-fit people? Well, what you need is a place exactly like Downsize Fitness, the gym chain that only accepts clients who are at least 50lbs overweight. With branches in Chicago, Las Vegas and Dallas, the […]
Woman Eats 30,000 Calories a Day to Become the World’s Biggest Bride
Susanne Eman weighs a staggering 540lbs (245kg) and unlike other brides-to-be, she actually wants to put on a lot more weight. To fulfill her bizarre goal of getting fatter for her wedding, Susanne is currently eating about 30,000 calories per day. The 33-year-old, from Arizona, first made news headlines last year, when stories of her […]
Growing Obesity Makes Oversized Caskets a BIG Hit
Goliath Caskets is a company in Indiana that makes specialized caskets – for the obese. With dangerously rising obesity levels among Americans, who could say they didn’t see this coming? The Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta says that one-third of U.S. adults are obese. Among the children and teens, the rate of […]
2-Year-Old Chinese Girl Weighs as Much as an Adult
Born at a normal weight, little Pang Ya now tips the scales at 41.5 kilograms, which is about as much as an adult Chinese woman. Pang Ya weighed around 4 kilograms, when she was born, but reached 20 pounds in just 8 months, and ever since then she kept piling on the pounds. Now her […]