EnlargeVirtually immobile ... it was Paul Mason's dream to be the fattest man in the world

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What fattest bloke scoffsEXCLUSIVE by RYAN SABEY

THE monster meals scoffed by world's heaviest man Paul Mason were revealed yesterday.

The 70-stone colossus had lunches from a fish bar consisting of four large cod, two pies, four battered sausages, six large portions of chips, mushy peas, curry sauce and two bottles of Coke.

And he gulped down ANOTHER lot for supper. It also emerged that Paul, 48, often rolled his 3ft-wide wheelchair through a McDonald's DRIVE-THRU to pick up huge quantities of burgers and fries.

He is now so big he is rarely able to leave his specially-adapted home in Ipswich, Suffolk. But his seven-strong team of carers keep him supplied with takeaways.

Fish bar manager Bob Singh Phagura, who revealed Paul's gigantic orders, said: "They would normally feed an army."

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Very tabloid.

Those of you with scrawny genes have got no idea what fatties go through. After a lifetime of heavy drinking I cleaned my act up last year and lost about 40kg.

Last month I flew to Thailand with an overweight friend and he stayed with me for three weeks. Every time I saw him struggle to get out of a plane seat or a car or start gasping for air after a little light activity I thought "this was me twelve months ago, this was me twelve months ago...".

It's not easy to lose weight, you have to break a certain mind set that's been ingrained for decades. Don't let your kids fall into that pattern, let them cry for more chocolate, be mean to be kind.

This guy has a seven-strong team of carers? What a drain on NHS resources for a self-inflicted illness.

Wire his jaw up, give him a straw and a vitamin drink. But later the local taxidermist can whip off nine-tenths of his surplus epidermis and stuff it.

I don't doubt that his cost to the NHS is more than covered by the taxes paid by the thousands who work in the fast food industry Hump.

Same argument applies to smokers taking all the hospital beds when everyone knows how easy to give up smoking.

Edit: Typo

I wonder how he affords to live? The food alone would cost a motza!

Fast food junkie on crime spree? Last seen fleeing the bank on a gofer?

I wonder how he affords to live? The food alone would cost a motza!

He doesn't, we do!

Thats the point.

Sounds like a good script for 'Shameless'

Dave(UK tax payer)

Scea, i dont have "skinny genes", my father is quite overweight, my brother too (who used to be very athletic). My aunt is very thin (not common in my family), but I worry because I think she doesnt eat enough. As for me, im slim but certainly not thin. If i dont watch what i eat, i can put on weight easily. So, although i still indulge, i dont do it all the time. I eat a balanced diet and i exercise. Ive been quite lazy about exercise since being in Thailand, but in a way thats a good thing. I used to be addicted to exercise and i used to limit my food drastically. I have a healthy normal diet now, and exercise moderately. I dont worry about calories too much.

I think there is a difference between being overweight and being obese. Unless there is something medically wrong, there is no medical reason to get so big. Mentally, well thats different. Probably would be a good idea for the NHS to send people to some kind of overeaters anonymous. But that isnt "PC" is it?..sigh. Are we not allowed to tell people straight "you are going too far! Time to take control back of your body and mind and get well!"? Im not saying i dont have sympathy for those who are obese, of course i do. In fact im very sad when a person seemingly cares so little about themselves that they let their body get so big. I believe it has to do with an emotional reaction/need for food, rather than a real physical need. But i dont wish to placate and watch them eat another burger. If i have a friend who is large, and i am close to them, and I care for them, i accept them for who they are. IF they complain to me about their weight, or if they seemingly getting grossly overweight, i will want to help them. If they refuse my help thats different, but i I wouldnt want to stand by and watch a family member or friend get even half as big as the man in that article.

I have struggled with weight, but at the opposite side. Addicted to exercise and restricting my diet, i was underweight for my height and build. I dont know if you could call it Karma, but in Thailand i developed a thyroid disease that caused me to put on weight without even eating much. Dramatic weight gain in a short time. Thankfully, after treatment and the correct dose of medication, my weight went back down. But, thats not to say losing weight or maintaining a healthy diet is easy. I dont know why anyone large would think that i could eat what i want or i dont have a hard time either. It takes self-control. Sure id like another ice cream, but i know that its not good for me. Sure id like to eat some greasy calorie laden junk food everyday if i feel like it, but i know that I can enjoy an alternative, less calorie rich meal. Its also about awareness of how much you are eating, not blindly eating. And, an awareness about not comfort eating.

I would never tease someone who is overweight or obese. But i do have to wonder, unless medical, why it is they allowed their body to get so large. Sorry if thats not the pc thing to say, but im just being honest.

edit: Oh btw Scea, well done on the weight loss!

why it is they allowed their body to get so large

Because over eating is addictive eek. According to the intolerant, all addicts have only themselves to blame.

It's like blaming all misfortunates for their bad luck. Should one drunken sex session without a condom condemn someone to a lifetime as HIV positive? A few experimental ciggys behind the school canteen lead to an awful death from cancer decades later? According to this lot it should.

This guy in the story could be paying tax. There's plenty of people making a quid from behind a computer, but it's just assumed he's bludging on the system. Maybe the tabloids pay him for stories.

Do you think he wants to be that fat? Do people want to wake up every day with hangovers? Do they want to see that dark malignant shadow on the x-ray? Personally if I had the power to say what I did NOT want my taxes to be spent on, supporting a few fatties would be well down the list.

I can certainly understand the addictive aspect Scea. I wonder then if the NHS should be tackling more the Psychological aspect rather than the physical aspect. The mental health side of the NHS is too underfunded as is, i believe. But, I think helping people mentally would likely save the NHS a lot in the long run (not just in regards to overeating, but with a whole breadth of issues).

Agreed.

According to the tabloids that man has set out to be the world's fattest man.

I find it abhorrant that he is doing that - when there are so many starving people in the world, and he eats 20,000 calories a day. He just eats and eats and eats.

I love to eat good food, but what he eats is bad food/fattening food.

I am too skinny for my height etc. It is in my genes - my sister and brother are also skinny. We eat a good balanced diet. I would like to put on a bit of weight, I eat full fat meals, lots of creamy pasta sauces etc. No weight gain.

That man should have his jaw wired. And get up off his fat arse and get fit. Imagine the horrible job his carers have to go through day to day, to keep him clean and dressed? They should get big bonuses at Christmas....

I do feel sorry for people who try to lose weight, and i am sure that it is hard. But for that great whale to lie in his bed eating and eating - kinda turns my stomach.

Pizza tonight for me!!! With extra garlic!!!

With extra garlic!!!

Well that explains why you can't get a feller.

Don't worry dear!!! Garlic is good for you, and as I don't expect to get a feller this evening I decided to go for the extra garlic!!! Very good for you - thins the blood!!!

So then I can have that extra wee glass of wine, that also thins the blood.

I may be on the line to get a feller next wednesday.... after the garlic smell has worn off!!!

There's a lot of tabloid cr@p going around but he's up for surgery that he must have and soon or he'll die.

However to answer the question about costs:-

Mr Mason, who needs emergency surgery to reduce his weight or else he could die, currently lives on benefits in a specially-adapted bungalow in Ipswich where spends his time playing video games and watching TV, at a cost of approximately £100,000-a-year to the taxpayer.

He is no longer mobile and lies in bed in his specially-adapted bungalow, attended by a team of taxpayer-funded carers provided by private company Cephas.

Yesterday it was disclosed the bill for Ms Mason's care in recent years has topped £1 million.

and the other candidates:-

Manuel Uribe, the Mexican widely acclaimed as the fattest man in the world, weighed 90 stone in his peak but lost a third of his body mass with the help of doctors.

The heaviest man of all time was the American John Minnoch, who weighed in at 100.2 stone.

I can't find anywhere where it says he is intentionally aiming to be the world's fattest but that doesn't it ain't so.

OK he is perhaps not intentionally aiming to be the world's fattest man, but he is seriously doing a good job at it.

20,000 calories a day? Every day? Yucky yucky yuck. And that's not broccoli and fresh fish is it? That's fish suppers times ten and deep fried everything. With curry sauce.

I bloat my case.

An average man eats 2,500 calories a day. An average woman 1,500. And that is adding a secretive chocolate or two. So times that by whatever - that is mega over eating.

Makes me feel a bit bulimic.

The boffins have now identified the set of genes associated with addictive behaviour. This means that, as is now being done in Australia, a gene test is done before commencing treatment for addiction, whether it be heroin, nicotine, alcohol.....

If the addict does not have the genes, then he is treated differently (more psychological treatment), and an addict with the genes is treated as having a physical disease.

I wonder how he affords to live? The food alone would cost a motza!

He doesn't, we do!

Thats the point.

Sounds like a good script for 'Shameless'

Dave(UK tax payer)

THATS where I've seen your avatar before!

Reminds me of a local expat...

It is deeply sad though, isn't it?

It is deeply sad though, isn't it?

Yes and deeply Heavily wrong

It is deeply sad though, isn't it?

Yes and deeply Heavily wrong

Yes, and as Micksterbs says there are more than a few expats "running" around Thailand that are, whilst not in his class, serious contenders.

I know recently I hit nearly 16 stone, I'm 6 foot one (1.85m for the metrically inclined), and felt bloated so I did, and am still doing, something about it. It is, for most of us, something that creeps up on you so suddenly you look in the mirror, or at a photo, and think "who the hel_l is that fat b@st@d?". But this guy, and a good few more obviously have a medical problem that hopefully will be more open to treatment in the future.

How much is a 'stone,' anyway?

How much is a 'stone,' anyway?

14lbs, IJWT. But I'm sure you know that so I get this horrible feeling I'm missing the point.

How much is a 'stone,' anyway?

Weight:

1 ounce (oz) = 16 drams

1 pound (lb) = 16 oz [0.454 kg]

1 stone = 14 lb

1 quarter = 28 lb

1 hundredweight (cwt) = 4 quarters = 112 lb

1 ton = 20 cwt = 2240 lb [1.016 tonne]

I could never work out why a hundredweight was 112 pounds.

We had some interesting distance measurements as well: chains, furlongs....

In Ireland we also have an Irish mile - 2240 yards. How did that happen?!?

I could never work out why a hundredweight was 112 pounds.

We had some interesting distance measurements as well: chains, furlongs....

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/weights.htm