Guinness World Records,2002

THE HUMAN BODY www.guinnessworldrecords.com/thehumanbody Extreme Bodies Greatest height difference between a married couple When Fabien Pretou and Natalie Lucius (both France) walked down the aisle on April 14, 1990, they became the married couple with the greatest difference in height. He is 6 ft. 2 in. (188.5 cm) tall, while she is only 3 ft. 1 in. (94 cm)--a difference of 3 ft. 1.2 in. (94.5 cm). Greatest weight difference between a married couple Jon Brower Minnoch weighed 1,400 lb. (635 kg) when he married his 110-lb. (50-kg) wife, Jeannette, (both USA) in March 1978. At 1,289.7 lb. (585 kg), this is the greatest recorded difference in weight for a married couple. Jon was also the heaviest person in medical history. He suffered from obesity as a child and by 1963, when he was 22 years old and 6 ft. 1 in. (1.85 m) tall, he weighed a huge 392 lb. (178 kg). By Sept. 1976 he weighed 974 lb. (442 kg). He died in 1983, still weighing more than 798 lb. (362 kg). Most weight gained by a woman Doris James (USA) is alleged to have gained 324 lb. (147 kg) in the 12 months before her death in Aug. 1965. At this time she was age 38, weighed 675 lb. (306 kg) and measured 5 ft. 2 in. (1.57 m) in height. Most weight gained by a man Arthur Knorr (USA), who was born in 1916 and died in 1960, gained a record 293 lb. (133 kg) in the last six months of his life. Heaviest woman Rosalie Bradford (USA) is claimed to have registered a peak weight of 1,199 lb. (544 kg) in Jan. 1987, age 43. After following a controlled diet, she weighed 282 lb. (128 kg) in Feb. 1994. Lightest person Lucia Xarate (1863-89, Mexico), an emaciated ateleiotic dwarf of 26.8 in. (67 cm) who weighed 2.8 lb. (1.1 kg) at birth, weighed only 4.7 lb. (2.13 kg) at the age of 17. She had fattened up to 13 lb. (5.9 kg) by her 20th birthday. The lightest recorded adults of normal height are those suffering from Simmond's Disease (hypophyseal cachexia). Losses of up to 65% of the original body weight have been recorded in females, with a "low" of 44 lb. (20 kg) in the case of Emma Shaller (USA) who stood 5 ft. 2 in. (1.57 m). Edward C. Hagner, alias Eddie Masher (USA), is alleged to have weighed only 48 lb. (22 kg) at a height of 5 ft. 7 in. (1.7 m). He was also known as the "Skeleton Dude." Heaviest twins at birth The world's heaviest twins were born to J.P. Haskin (USA) on Feb. 20, 1924. They had a combined weight of 27 lb. 12 oz. (12.6 kg). Heaviest twins Billy Leon and Benny Loyd McCrary, alias McGuire (both USA), were normal in size until the age of six. In Nov. 1978, just before their 32nd birthday, Billy and Benny weighed 743 lb. (337 kg) and 723 lb. (328 kg) respectively, and both had waists measuring 84 in. (2.13 m). They became professional tag wrestling performers. When weighed before competitions, they clocked weights of up to 769 lb. (349 kg). Lightest twins Two sets of twins have been born with a combined weight of 30.33 oz. (860 g). Roshan Maralyn (17.28 oz. or 490 g) and Melanie Louise (13.05 oz. or 370 g), were born to Katrina Gray (Australia) at the Royal Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Qld., Australia, on Nov. 19, 1993. Wendy Morrison (Canada) gave birth to Anne (14.81 oz. or 420 g) and John (15.52 oz. or 440 g) at Ottawa General Hospital, Ontario, Canada, on Jan. 14, 1994. Shortest living twins The shortest living twins are John and Greg Rice (USA), born on Dec. 3, 1951. They are identical twins and both measure 2 ft. 10 in. (86.3 cm). Shortest twins ever The shortest twins on record were Matyus and Bela Matina (Hungary, later USA; 1903--c. 1935), who were both 2 ft. 6 in. (76 cm) tall. Shortest living man Younis Edwan (Jordan) is believed to be 2 ft. 1.5 in. (65 cm) tall. He was born c. 1971, and is the sixth sibling in a family of seven sisters aYoung, Mark C. is the author of 'Guinness World Records,2002' with ISBN 9780553583786 and ISBN 0553583786.