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Fattest man to get married

source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/mexico/3120774/World...

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The world's fattest man, Manuel Uribe, has announced he will get married this month, after losing nearly half his original weight.

Uribe, 43, who holds the record for the world's fattest man in the 2007 Guinness Book of Records, is to marry a widow named Claudia, to whom he has been engaged for two years. "It will be a hefty wedding, on a large scale, but with a low-calorie banquet", he said.

The Mexican reached his record weight of 1,235 pounds - 88 stone - in 2007 after years of unhealthy living, including a diet of pizza and tacos. He has since dropped to 570lb (41 stone) from 1,300lb (93 stone) since February, by following the so-called "Zone Diet", a high-protein regime pioneered by Boston biochemist Dr Barry Sears.

Following the wedding announcement, Mr Uribe has been inundated with offers of sponsorship from international magazines, television stations. Local mayors who have offered to supply a cake for the 400 guests.

Mr Uribe thanked God for the "miracles he gave to a man who was on the edge of suicide and who today knows love."
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