Manuel Uribe, world's heaviest man, is shrinking...

Losing 185kg (29 stones) in body weight might seem like an extreme way to get into the record books.

But that is what Manuel Uribe from Monterrey, Northern Mexico, has done. 

Now the world's heaviest man is on track to become the planet's most successful slimmer. 

Put another way, his weight loss in one year is the equivalent of shedding two fully grown adult males from his body. 

Manuel is already in the latest edition of the Guinness World Records as the heaviest living person. 

That's because, not long ago he weighed 560kg (88 stones), or half a tonne.  More...

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