title: Walter Hudson
text: Walter Hudson (June 5, 1945 – December 24, 1991) was the holder of the Guinness World Record for the largest waist. He measured  in 1987 when at his peak weight of . Hudson ran a plus sized magazine.
  
  Early life
  Hudson was born in 1945 in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, he was a compulsive eater. His father left the family when he was a baby. By the time he was 6 years old, he weighed . He would leave home early from school to eat and ate late night. He dropped out from school in the 7th grade after breaking his leg and eventually got his high school diploma via a tutor. He and his family moved to Hempstead, New York when he was 25.
  
  Daily diet
  
  Hudson described his average daily diet as consisting of two boxes of sausages,  of bacon, 12 eggs, and a loaf of bread for breakfast, four hamburgers, four double cheeseburgers and five large portions of fries for lunch, and three large ham steaks or two chickens, four baked potatoes, four sweet potatoes, four heads of broccoli, and most of a large cake for dinner. He also had additional snacks, and drank an average of 237 oz / 1.9 gallon / 7 liters of soda every day.
  
  Death 
  Walter Hudson died of a heart attack at his home on December 24, 1991, at age 46. At the time of his death, he weighed .  Emergency rescuers from the Hempstead Fire Department cut a  hole in the bedroom wall to remove his body from the premises.
  
  See also
   List of the heaviest people
   Obesity
  
  Sources
  
  1945 births
  1991 deaths
  People from Hempstead (village), New York
  American Christians