1200 pounds Man? Morbid Obesity

1200 pounds man? Are you sure? Oh, my goodness! Yesterday night, I saw the Medical Mystery series about obesity in abc channel. The show interviewed a Mexican guy named Manuel Uribe, now weighing 1,200 pounds. Wow, 1200 pounds, is equivalent to 16 ME! He was bedridden for the past five years, was abandoned by his wife because she was frightened by his increasing size.

According to abc news, Manuel Uribe is currently on a diet. He now weighs 800 pounds, but still can't stand on his own, and spends his days in a special industrial-size bed.

According to the National Institutes of Health, obesity means weighing 20 percent or more than your ideal body weight, and it's a health risk.

Morbid obesity is another case. It is sometimes being referred to as"clinically severe obesity," it means you're 100 pounds or more over ideal body weight, with a body mass index of 40 or higher.

It's time to get on more exercises now!

You can check out more statistics and findings about obesity at http://www.discover.com/web-exclusives/20thingsobesity/

or you can go to Manuel Uribe web site.