Walter Hudson (c. 1944 in Brooklyn, NY – Dec 24, 1991) of Hempstead, New York was the fourth most obese human in medical history. He also holds the Guinness World Record for the largest waist.[1] It measured 119 inches (3.02 m)[2] in 1987 when he was at his peak weight of 1,197 lbs. Hudson lived on an average daily diet of two boxes of sausages, a pound of bacon, 12 eggs, a loaf of bread, four hamburgers and four cheeseburgers, eight portions of fries, three ham steaks, two chickens, four baked potatoes, four sweet potatoes, and four heads of broccoli. He also drank an average of 36 pints of soda every day.
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Hudson made headlines after becoming wedged into his bathroom[3] doorway and having to be rescued by firefighters.[4] It took 9 men to move him back onto his reinforced bed. Comedian and nutritionist Dick Gregory used Hudson to highlight the virtues of his diet system,[5] often saying that Hudson had lost between 200 and 800 pounds (90–360 kg), and using him for his own Bahamian diet. When Hudson refused to participate in the making of a videotape about the diet, Gregory refused to continue to help him.
Walter Hudson died in his sleep at age 47, weighing 1,125 pounds (510.29 kg), after years of starvation dieting. His death came weeks after he announced his wedding plans.