Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari
{{Short description|Saudi Arabian former heaviest living person (born 1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari
|native_name = خَالِدْ بِنْ مُحْسِنْ الشَّاعْرِي
|native_name_lang = ar
|image =
|caption = bin Shaari some weeks before his 700-pound weight loss
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|02|28|df=y}}
|birth_place = Saudi Arabia
|known_for = Heaviest living person
|height_ft = 5
|height_in = 8
}}
Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari ({{langx|ar|خالد بن محسن الشاعري}}; born 28 February 1991) is a Saudi Arabian man, who in August 2013 was found to be the heaviest living person, and the second-heaviest person in recorded history at {{convert|610|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on}}, behind Jon Brower Minnoch. As a result of medical treatment, he lost a total of {{convert|320|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}—more than half his body weight—in six months.{{cite news|last=Elwazer|first=Schams|title=Saudi man loses more than 700 pounds after King intervenes|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/02/03/world/meast/saudi-arabia-obesity/index.html|agency=CNN|accessdate=31 March 2019|date=3 February 2014}}
Early life
Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari was born in Saudi Arabia on 28 February 1991. He was 22 when he was declared the "fattest man alive" in 2013, with a BMI of 204.{{cite web|url=https://www.viraltelecast.com/things-you-should-know-about-khalid-bin-mohsen-shaari/|title=Things You Should Know About Khalid Bin Mohsen Shaari|date=14 March 2019|website=ViralTelecast.com|access-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501221739/https://www.viraltelecast.com/things-you-should-know-about-khalid-bin-mohsen-shaari/|archive-date=1 May 2019|url-status=usurped}}
Weight loss
In August 2013, Saudi King Abdullah ordered him to come from his home in Jizan to King Fahd Medical City in the country's capital, Riyadh, to undergo a series of dietary and physical programs to help him lose weight.{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Victoria|title=Saudi King intervenes to help 1,345-pound man|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/19/world/meast/saudi-arabia-obesity/index.html|date=19 August 2013|access-date=21 June 2024|agency=CNN}} In February 2016, due to the weight loss treatment, he was able to walk for the first time in five years, with the help of a walker.{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/health/worlds-heaviest-person-walks-for-first-time-after-weight-loss|title=World's heaviest person walks for first time after weight loss|date=9 February 2016|agency=Fox News|access-date=11 August 2022}} By November 2017, he had lost {{convert|542|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=off}} and now weighs {{convert|68|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=off}}.{{cite news|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2017/11/18/WATCH-Video-shows-dramatic-weight-loss-transformation-of-young-Saudi-man.html|title=WATCH: Video shows dramatic weight loss transformation of young Saudi man|date=18 November 2017|work=Al Arabiya|accessdate=6 August 2018}} In January 2018 he had the last of a series of surgeries to remove excess skin that accumulated due to his weight loss.{{cite news|url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2018/01/239351/worlds-heaviest-man-loses-500-kg|title=World's Heaviest Man Loses More Than 500 Kg in Four Years|work=Morocco World News|first=Sana|last=Elouazi|date=27 January 2018|access-date=11 August 2022}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bin Mohsen Shaari, Khalid}}
Category:21st-century Saudi Arabian people
{{SaudiArabia-bio-stub}}