Carol Yager

About

Carol Ann Yager (January 26, 1960 – July 18, 1994) was an American woman who is the heaviest woman ever recorded and one of the most severely obese people in history.

Published reports said Yager’s peak weight was about 1,603 lb (727 kg; 114.5 st). She lost the most weight by non-surgical means in the shortest documented time: 521 lb (236 kg) in three months.
Bizarre magazine reported that she was estimated to have been more than 5 feet (1.5 m) wide, although this measurement has not been verified by Yager’s medical team or family members. Shortly before her death, however, she was able to fit through her custom-built front door, which had a width of 48 inches (121.9 cm).

Yager stated that she had developed an eating disorder as a child in response to being sexually abused by a “close family member”, although in later interviews, she indicated that there were other contributing factors to her obesity. At the same time, she denied eating anything more than normal quantities of food.
She lived most of her life in Beecher, Michigan, in Mount Morris Township, near Flint, and was cared for in her final years by health care professionals, friends, her daughter…