Kenneth Brumley (born 1968) is one of the heaviest people ever recorded whose

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was confirmed. He was featured on the

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'' documentary "Half Ton Dad", as a father of four, who weighed 1,033 pounds (468 kg) and was the size of a

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Early life

As a child, Brumley played

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, and

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which kept his weight average, but after a move to

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at age 19, he stopped playing and the weight began to accumulate.

Later life

At his heaviest, Brumley had a daily caloric intake of approximately 30,000 calories. According to Kenneth Brumley's statements in the documentary, he had been bed-bound for fifteen years. After he was accepted as a

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patient at the Renaissance Hospital in

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, a fire crew had to hammer down a wall in Brumley’s house to get him out. At Renaissance Hospital, Brumley was treated by the specialist team that treated

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, believed to have been the world's heaviest woman at the time. The first step in Brumley's treatment was a diet restricted to 1200 calories per day, which made him lose 167.5 pounds (76 kg) in only 40 days.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brumley, Kenneth 1968 births Living people 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people

Early life

Later life

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