Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty (; 9 September 1980 – 25 September 2017) was an Egyptian considered to be the heaviest living woman in the world and the second heaviest woman in history, after Carol Yager. However, at , Eman was about a foot shorter than Yager, giving her the highest recorded BMI at 251.1 and body fat percentage. Her initial weight was claimed to be around .

Early life

Abd El Aty was born in Egypt and she lived in

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. Her family has stated that she weighed at birth. She suffered from a

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problem and had to stop school.

Treatment

In February 2017, Abd El Aty travelled to

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, India

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where a group of doctors, headed by Muffazal Lakdawala, treated her successfully using

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. They included an

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, a chest physician,

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, a cardiac surgeon, two bariatric surgeons, two intensivists, and three anaesthetists. She remained in

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after the operation for several months. The aim was to perform two operations, and during the next three and a half years, reduce her weight to less than . She lost about after undergoing weight-loss treatment in

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. She left on 4 May 2017 for the

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for long-term treatment. The doctors, treating her, said she was also suffering from a "cardiac issue" and infected bed sores. She was being treated by a team of 20 doctors at

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's Burjeel Hospital.

Death

Abd El Aty died on Monday, 25 September 2017 at 4:35 pm, 16 days after her 37th birthday, due to complications from the underlying

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conditions, including heart disease and kidney dysfunction, at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE since her admission to the hospital in May.

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