Topic: Do you know any super-obese people who have died?

Anonymous A started this discussion 3 years ago #103,645

So there seems to be a general consensus going around that being super-obese (BMI greater than say 60) people will lose decades off their lives. But is that really true? For comparison sake, that's a weight triple a thin person the same height. The two people who were in this category I knew when they were alive were Cat Pause, New Zealand academic and fat researcher who died at age 42, and actor John Candy, who died at 43. Anyone with a C- in Stats101 will know that a sample size of 2 is hardly worth looking at.

I'm not talking about people with a BMI of say 80 or higher. Those people are rarities, unable to leave the house without a support worker. Unable to drive a car, unable to go to the toilet unassisted, unable to do much except go on Twitter #bodypositivity and eat food. Let's call them giga-obese. You probably don't know any giga-obese. You might know someone who is super-obese.

How many super-obese people do you know right now, and how many have you known who died, but you knew them before they died?

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC joined in and replied with this 3 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #1,168,748

I've known people who were very obese, who died in their mid or late 60s

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,750

@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)

Thanks, what were their gender and age at death if you don't mind sharing?

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 3 years ago, 3 minutes later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,752

@previous (A)
They were male and 67 I think

Oh and a female around the same age

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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 3 years ago, 1 minute later, 8 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,753

@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)

Thanks.

Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 3 years ago, 8 minutes later, 16 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,168,755

@previous (A)
If you keep on reminding me, I might remember others. Also these people might be giga obese and not super obese

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