Renee Williams
Reneé Williams Altovise | |
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| Born | June 4, 1977 Austin, Texas, United States |
| Died | March 4, 2007 (aged 29) |
Renee Williams (June 4, 1977 – March 4, 2007) was an American woman believed to be the largest woman in the world at the time of her deaththe heaviest people to ever live and one of the heaviest ever to undergo gastric bypass.[2]
By the age of 12, Williams was already in the category of super-morbid obesity, which refers to a body mass index over 50. After a car crash in 2003 she became unable to walk, which further contributed to her weight gain.[3]
Williams was featured in the American television program Amazing Medical Stories[1] and she was also the subject of a
BodyShock series.[4][5] The program stated that she also held the world record for being the heaviest person ever to have gastric bypass surgery on her stomach at 63 stone, or around 880 lbs. When Williams went to the hospital for her gastric bypass, her Body Mass Index was calculated by the doctors to be over 160, where a BMI of 50+ is considered "super-morbidly obese". She was treated by the same medical team as Kenneth Brumley, subject of the counterpart documentary Half Ton Dad, which included My 600-lb Life's Dr. Younan Nowzaradan
.
She suffered a heart attack post surgery[2] and was buried at Santa Maria Cemetery in Travis County, Texas.
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References
- ^ a b "Amazing Medical Stories". Channel 9. Archived from the original on February 13, 2008.
- ^ a b Ackerman, Todd (6 March 2007). "Heart attack ends obese woman's fight for life". The Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "The half ton mum: Tragic story of world's heaviest woman". www.standard.co.uk. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Half Ton Mum". Channel 4 video clip.
- ^ "TV: Half Ton Mum". The Guardian. January 3, 2008. Archived from the original on January 7, 2008.