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Revision as of 19:49, 31 October 2018 by 86.15.253.181 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Paul Jonathan Mason (born 1960) is an English man who is known for being one of the world's former heaviest men, weighing in at 360.606 kg (795.00 lb; 56.7857 st) at his peak. Mason was given a gastric bypass surgery in 2010, and lost an estimated 295 kg (650 lb; 46.5 st).
When he was in his 20s, he started to eat food as a way to avoid dealing with emotional issues that began in his childhood such as child abuse. Several years earlier he had applied to the National Health Service for gastric bypass surgery, to help him get his weight down. Mason applied several times and in the end waited 10 years before he was approved for surgery. In 2010, two years after beginning counseling, Mason finally had the surgery he desperately needed and wanted. Five years later, he had lost over 272 kg (600 lb; 42.8 st) and weighed around 159 kg (351 lb; 25.0 st). The surgical removal of 34 kg (75 lb; 5.4 st) - 45 kg (99 lb; 7.1 st) of excess skin allowed for greater mobility, which made him able to exercise, and lose more weight. In 2014 he weighed 140 kg (310 lb; 22 st), a total weight loss of 304 kg (670 lb; 47.9 st). Mason had a further 22 kg (49 lb; 3.5 st) to 27 kg (60 lb; 4.3 st) of loose skin removed in New York in May 2015.
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References
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/20/paul-mason-worlds-heavies_n_327663.html
- "Prison delays 'fattest man' surgery". BBC News. 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
- "'Fattest man' has more skin removed". BBC News. 2015-05-13. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
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