Walter Hudson

Who was Walter Hudson?

Walter Hudson of Hempstead, New York was the fourth most obese human in medical history. He also holds the Guinness World Record for the largest waist. It measured 119 inches in 1987 when he was at his peak weight of 1,197 pounds. Hudson described his average daily diet as consisting of two boxes of sausages, 1 pound of bacon, 12 eggs, a loaf of bread, four hamburgers and four double cheeseburgers, eight large portions of fries, three ham steaks or two chickens, four baked potatoes, four sweet potatoes, four heads of broccoli, most of a large cake, and additional snacks. He also drank an average of 18 U.S. quarts of soda every day.