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Carol Yager (1960-1994) holds the distinction of having been one of the most obese people in medical history. When she died in 1994 at the age of 34, she weighed about 1200 lbs (544 kg), and was 170 cm (5' 7") in height. It was reported that she was estimated to be more than five feet wide (152 cm),[1] although this measurement has not been verified by Yager's medical team or family members. Shortly before her death, however, she was able to fit through her custom-built 48" (121 cm) wide front door.[2] Published reports quoted her then-boyfriend as stating that he estimated her peak weight at about 1600 pounds (727kg),[3] but when questioned about this estimate, Yager's doctor declined comment.[3] 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
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Like others in the 900+ pound weight class, Yager was not able to stand or walk,[1] as her muscles were not strong enough to lift her due to atrophy. A top-down view of skeletal muscle Muscle (from Latin musculus little mouse [1]) is contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells. ...
Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. ...
She lived in Beecher, Michigan, in Mount Morris Township, near Flint, Michigan, and was cared for by health care professionals, friends, her daughter Heather, and other family members, many of whom visited daily.[2] Beecher is an unincorporated community located in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...
Mount Morris Township is a township in Genesee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...
Nickname: Location of Flint within Genesee County, Michigan. ...
Yager claimed to have developed an eating disorder as a child in response to the sexual attacks of a "close family member,"[1] although in later interviews, she indicated that there were other contributing factors to her massive weight gain, or "skeletons in my closet,"[4] and "monsters,"[2] as she was quoted.
In January 1993, she was admitted to Hurley Medical Center, weighing-in at 1189 pounds (539 kg).[3] She suffered from cellulitis (her skin was breaking down due to a bacterial infection), and immunodeficiency (weakened immune system).[3] She stayed in the hospital for three months, where she was restricted to a 1200 calorie diet, and while there lost 521 pounds (236 kg),[3] though most of this was believed to have been fluid. (Massively obese people often suffer from edema, and their weight can fluctuate with astonishing speed as fluid is taken up or released.) Yager suffered from many other obesity-related health problems as well, including breathing difficulty, a dangerously high blood sugar level, and stress on her heart and other organs.[5] Yager's death certificate lists kidney failure as the cause of death, with obesity and multiple organ failure as contributing causes.[4] In medicine, immune deficiency (or immunodeficiency) is a state where the immune system is incapable of defending the organism from infectious disease. ...
A calorie is a unit of measurement for energy. ...
Edema (American English) or oedema (British English), formerly known as dropsy or hydropsy, is swelling of any organ or tissue due to accumulation of excess lymph fluid, without an increase of the number of cells in the affected tissue. ...
In medicine, blood sugar is a term used to refer to levels of glucose in the blood. ...
Renal failure is when the kidneys fail to function properly. ...
Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome - M.O.D.S. (previously known as multiple organ failure) is altered organ function in an acutely ill patient requiring medical intervention to maintain homeostasis. ...
Yager was frequently hospitalized, 13 times in two years, according to Beecher Fire Department Chief Bennie Zappa.[3] Each trip required as many as 15 - 20 firefighters from two stations to assist ambulance workers to convey Yager to the ambulance in relay fashion. One team inside the house would pass her through the doorway to another team on the outside, who would pass her to another team inside the ambulance, where she would ride on the floor. Each trip cost the township up to $450.00 per station.[3] Eventually, she was moved into a nursing home. She appeared on The Jerry Springer Show, and was the subject of attention from several dieting gurus. An ambulance in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico A Helicopter used as an Ambulance. ...
// A nursing home or skilled nursing facility (SNF) is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. ...
The Jerry Springer Show (first aired September 20, 1991) is an internationally known television tabloid talk show, hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician. ...
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A short time before her death, Yager's latest boyfriend, Larry Maxwell, who was characterized by her family as being "an opportunist who courted media attention for money-making possibilities,"[2] married her friend, Felicia White.[4] Maxwell had claimed that the only donation in Yager's name he ever received was for $20.00,[3] although numerous talk shows, newspapers, radio stations, and other national and international media are reported to have offered her cash and other gifts in exchange for interviews, pictures, etc.[2] Diet maven Richard Simmons is said to have been "angry that Yager's story was actively peddled to tabloid and television media by Maxwell and others."[6] For other persons named Richard Simmons, see Richard Simmons (disambiguation). ...
Yager was buried privately, with about 90 friends and family members attending memorial services.[7]
Footnotes
- ^ a b c Bizarre magazine 64, p. 81
- ^ a b c d e The Flint [Michigan] Journal, Wednesday, August 18, 1993, page A1, "Weight loss brings star status" by Mike Stobbe (Journal health writer)
- ^ a b c d e f g h The Flint Journal, Friday, June 17, 1994, page A1, "What next for 1,200-pound woman?" by Marcia Mattson (Journal staff writer)
- ^ a b c The Flint Journal, Tuesday, July 19, 1994, page A1, "1,200-lb Woman dies" by Marcia Mattson
- ^ The Flint Journal, Monday, July 25, 1994, page A6, "Americans must work harder to overcome weight problems"
- ^ The Flint Journal, Wednesday, July 20, 1994, page B1, "Richard Simmons mourns Yager" by Marcia Mattson
- ^ The Flint Journal, Sunday, July 24, 1994, page B1, "1,200-lb. woman more than curiosity" by Ken Palmer (Journal staff writer)
Sources - Dimensions Magazine, people known to have weighed more than 900 pounds
- The Flint Journal
- The Flint Journal, Tuesday, May 24, 1994, page C1, "Obese woman's losing bid to lose hits TV show"
- The Flint Journal, Wednesday, July 20, 1994, page B1, "Richard Simmons mourns Yager" by Marcia Mattson
- The Flint Journal, Sunday, July 24, 1994, page B1, "1,200-lb. woman more than curiosity" by Ken Palmer (Journal staff writer)
- The Flint Journal, Monday, July 25, 1994, page A6, "Americans must work harder to overcome weight problems"
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