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  • Half-Ton Mexican Man Loses 200 Pounds

    06/29/2006 10:52:23 PM PDT · by Coleus · 25 replies · 913+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | 06.26.06 | OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
    Health officials said Manuel Uribe weighed 1,235 pounds when he made a desperate plea for help on national television in January. Unable to leave his bed for five years, the 41-year-old mechanic in the northern industrial city of Monterrey longed to move again. His plea was answered by doctors and nutritionists who prescribed a high-protein diet, helping him lose about 200 pounds since then. Gilberto Montiel, health secretary for Nuevo Leon state, said medical officials have been monitoring Uribe's weight and confirmed the loss. "I feel better now, I can stretch and move a bit more," Uribe said Monday, flanked...