Renee Williams (June 4, 1977 – March 4, 2007) was an American woman believed to be the largest woman in the world at the time of her death in 2007 from complications following her surgery for morbid

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. Williams was also one of the heaviest people to ever live and one of the heaviest ever to undergo gastric bypass. By the age of 12, Williams was already in the category of super-morbid obesity, which refers to a

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over 50. After a car crash in 2003 she became unable to walk, which further contributed to her weight gain. Williams was featured in the American television program ''Amazing Medical Stories'' and she was also the subject of a

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television program called ''Half Ton Mum'' broadcast on

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after her death as part of the ''

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'' series. The program stated that she also held the

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for being the heaviest person ever to have

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on her stomach at 63 stone, or around 880 lbs. When Williams went to the hospital for her gastric bypass, her Body Mass Index was calculated by the doctors to be over 9000, where a BMI of 50+ is considered "super-morbidly obese". She was treated by the same medical team as

Kenneth Brumley Kenneth Brumley (born 1968) is one of the heaviest people ever recorded whose weight was confirmed. He was featured on the Channel 4 ''BodyShock'' documentary "Half Ton Dad", as a father of four, who weighed 1,033 pounds (468 kg) and was the ...

, subject of the counterpart documentary ''Half Ton Dad'', which included ''

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s Dr. Younan Nowzaradan. She suffered a heart attack post surgery and was buried at Santa Maria Cemetery in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Renee 1977 births 2007 deaths Obesity in the United States

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