Britain's fattest woman dies of heart attack after junk food binge in hospital bed

[hah]

Not being bad here but she deserved it. What did she expect really :S

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1297646/Britains-fattest-woman-Sharon-Mevsimler-dies-heart-attack-binge.html


Britain's fattest woman has died from a heart attack after her family smuggled takeaways and junk food into her hospital room, it has been revealed.

Junk food addict Sharon Mevsimler, 40, weighed 45 stone and needed an oxygen mask due to the strain her weight put on her heart and lungs.

But witnesses at Broomfield Hospital - where she had been a patient for two months - said relatives brought in fish and chips and family-sized buckets of fried chicken to the mother-of-four.
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[-:Undertaker:-]

A sad story, some people just cannot control it.

RIP.

[Noisemaker]

Ahahah, size of her, it's completly self inflicted, ergo her own fault. Still she should feel guilty for being a drain on society and leaving her kids behind.

[Jordy]

I was going to put RIP to the family but to be fair they've participated in her death in my eyes so they had it coming. Will save the NHS a bit of money though, gastric bands and 24 hour care for people who couldnt care less is not cheap.

[hah]

They paid for an operation already for her... and it cost £30,000 the article said

[Superior]

A fat person that eats a lot? NOOO it can't be?!!! I thought fat people were fat because of genetic problems? :O Nah lol that's what I always get told when I call fat people "you do know it could be genetical don't you!!!??"*REMOVED*

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[-:Undertaker:-]

A fat person that eats a lot? NOOO it can't be?!!! I thought fat people were fat because of genetic problems? :O Nah lol that's what I always get told when I call fat people "you do know it could be genetical don't you!!!??"*REMOVED*

In reality I think it does come from genetics, for example I myself eat an awful lot yet i'm think as a stick - others have to constantly battle weight. I would assume that our metabolism is formed via genetics, hence why you often have weight issues running in families.

I do not believe it should be treated via the NHS, but it is still a sad story nevertheless.

[Jordy]

A fat person that eats a lot? NOOO it can't be?!!! I thought fat people were fat because of genetic problems? :O Nah lol that's what I always get told when I call fat people "you do know it could be genetical don't you!!!??*REMOVED*I don't think you quite understand. By genetics it means you're born naturally bigger than other people and will develop as such, it also means you'll naturally have a bigger appetite than other people. It's likely that genetics does play a role but of course it's not all down to genetics. This woman may of been born a little over weight but the fact is she is lazy, didn't do anything other than lay in a hospital bed and comfort ate large amounts of crappy foods.

[Superior]

I don't think you quite understand. By genetics it means you're born naturally bigger than other people and will develop as such, it also means you'll naturally have a bigger appetite than other people. It's likely that genetics does play a role but of course it's not all down to genetics. This woman may of been born a little over weight but the fact is she is lazy, didn't do anything other than lay in a hospital bed and comfort ate large amounts of crappy foods.

Yeh it's just that on here it seems every time I mention fat people shouldn't eat as much or stop being so lazy I get about 20 people telling me that it might not be their fault. Getting people to sneak in family size buckets of kfc into the hospital for her, yeh not her fault she's so fat is it.

[HotelUser]

I'm not sure I understand how this happened because if she had breathing problems due to that wouldn't they have removed fat surgically?


Also the fact that someone could let their body get to this point is absolutely appalling.

[RedStratocas]

obviously there's more to it than "she just ate a lot." i agree with the people who hate it when people use genetics as an excuse for their weight since its clearly not the case the majority of the time, but in this case its pretty apparent that this woman had some serious mental health problems along with whatever genetics she inherited. i read a story here in the u.s. of a woman who is literally always hungry no matter how much she eats, there's just something wrong with her brain. luckily shes intelligent and is able to maintain healthy eating habits because of her awareness to the problem.

but this woman isnt as lucky. people who are simply fat is one thing. this story is another, there is most definitely an underlying cause of her food intake, some people truly mean it when they say they can't control it, it's a hard thing to understand if you have never experienced such urges.

[Blinger$]

i'd tap that still.

RIP WOMAN

[Petite$]

"her family smuggled takeaways and junk food into her hospital room."
Oh my god, just help her kill herself then... if your paying £5000 for her care then at least don't go against it.

[Catzsy]

obviously there's more to it than "she just ate a lot." i agree with the people who hate it when people use genetics as an excuse for their weight since its clearly not the case the majority of the time, but in this case its pretty apparent that this woman had some serious mental health problems along with whatever genetics she inherited. i read a story here in the u.s. of a woman who is literally always hungry no matter how much she eats, there's just something wrong with her brain. luckily shes intelligent and is able to maintain healthy eating habits because of her awareness to the problem.

but this woman isnt as lucky. people who are simply fat is one thing. this story is another, there is most definitely an underlying cause of her food intake, some people truly mean it when they say they can't control it, it's a hard thing to understand if you have never experienced such urges.

Totally agree. With other addictions people feel sympathy. Shows a lack of empathy and understanding.

[GommeInc]

A fat person that eats a lot? NOOO it can't be?!!! I thought fat people were fat because of genetic problems?
Some are fat because of physical problems too. My brother has ligament problems, where his tendens and other parts that make up his muscles do not stretch as much as ours, so simple things like walking around are hard for him not only because he tires easily, but because those simple movements do not burn as much fat. He doesn't even eat alot :P I eat way more than him, it's freaky!

I think it should stll be treated on the NHS, but only when it is a physical problem, where muscles are the cause of the problem, but sometimes that doesn't work as the operation suggested to these people means a huge chance of them ending up bed bound or stuck in a wheelchair, seeing as you can't really put the bounce back in muscles, when they didn't have it to begin with :P

Of course, you could say cut down on fatty food to these people, but sometimes that just cannot happen. Judging by this woman, it's her fault and her family's fault for doing this. They cannot blame anyone else, and they certainly cannot blame the hospital seeing as they were "sneaking" food in, which is self-explanatory.


obviously there's more to it than "she just ate a lot." i agree with the people who hate it when people use genetics as an excuse for their weight since its clearly not the case the majority of the time, but in this case its pretty apparent that this woman had some serious mental health problems along with whatever genetics she inherited. i read a story here in the u.s. of a woman who is literally always hungry no matter how much she eats, there's just something wrong with her brain. luckily shes intelligent and is able to maintain healthy eating habits because of her awareness to the problem.

but this woman isnt as lucky. people who are simply fat is one thing. this story is another, there is most definitely an underlying cause of her food intake, some people truly mean it when they say they can't control it, it's a hard thing to understand if you have never experienced such urges.
Indeed, food is just one big, world-wide addiction which some people can moderate. These people who get addicted to food need alot of care and support, and judging by the article, the family were a huge problem and should of ignored her or helped her cut down on food. It would be a bit of a joke if they gave her that food out of compassion, as cutting down on food is as simple as just cutting food out. Hospitals have schemes in place for this, they have food that actually contains next to no fat and foods that contain fattening agents to put on weight (obviously a big NO in her case, but my dad had them when he was in hospital so an example of variety on the NHS). I'm amazed they didn't put her on a no-fat diet, and food that is designed to lose weight by absorbing everything around it :/

There's a woman near where I live who eats way too much and her family buy her the food which is all healthy stuff. Unfortunately this woman manages to manipulate her way into getting others to get her food which is quite shocking really - none of it is low fat and she over buys baked beans, butter and bread. For a single woman of about 80, she buys about one family shop of about 1 every 3 days, it's scary how people just don't refuse to give out hand outs, seeing as she also has any left overs and goes out to lunches for OAPs (one of which I help with).

[Richie]

wow some of you are harsh as **** seriously, she obviously had an eating disorder. Your comments would be completely different and allot more sympathetic if 'Britain's skinniest lady dies' fair enough she ate allot & what her family done was completely wrong. Its called an eating disorder for a reason she can't just 'stop'. That's like telling an alcoholic to stop drinking alcohol it doesn't work like that, they need to go through months of treatment. If anything its easier to stop being an alcoholic, after all alcoholics don't need alcohol to survive, everyone needs food to survive.

[myke]

Some of you are darn right rude lol ... there's so much spotlight and media coverage over anorexia, bulimia and what not, but people don't understand, there's eating disorders at the other end of the scale. It saddens me that some of you are so blind and rude about it.

[Soy]

poor man couldn't control his eating

[Accipiter]

Pathetic excuse for a human really.

[GommeInc]

wow some of you are harsh as **** seriously, she obviously had an eating disorder. Your comments would be completely different and allot more sympathetic if 'Britain's skinniest lady dies' fair enough she ate allot & what her family done was completely wrong. Its called an eating disorder for a reason she can't just 'stop'. That's like telling an alcoholic to stop drinking alcohol it doesn't work like that, they need to go through months of treatment. If anything its easier to stop being an alcoholic, after all alcoholics don't need alcohol to survive, everyone needs food to survive.
You do realise once you hit hospital you're meant to under go treatment? That means no alcohol for alcoholics, no cigarettes for smokers etc etc. She or her family went against hospital protocol, and her family are now paying the price. Their fault for encouraging her addiction and making it worse. I feel sorry for the hospital getting a bad press (I wouldn't be surprised if they are), because this was clearly a problem patient and the family were problem visitors sneaking food in. It's the same logic revolving around sneaking in alcohol :/

[Hayleigh]

Using up public money in hospitals because your overweight :S And then nt trying to rectifying it but eating evenmore. Sorry but her weight is disqusting. she is over 9 times my weight :S

[Apple]

I can't believe that, she was in hospital dying because of her weight yet her family were sneaking in buckets of kfc for her?

[Tintinnabulate]

poor man couldn't control his eating

*woman


Using up public money in hospitals because your overweight :S And then nt trying to rectifying it but eating evenmore. Sorry but her weight is disqusting. she is over 9 times my weight :S

You weigh less than 5 stones?


I can't believe that, she was in hospital dying because of her weight yet her family were sneaking in buckets of kfc for her?

I guess if she was already dying, might aswell die enjoying yourself.

[Hayleigh]

Yes Im Bout 5 atm no More im 13 and just under 5ft :)

[Tintinnabulate]

Yes Im Bout 4 and 3 quatre atm im only 13 though :S

Guess it depends on your height then. I think the average is around 7st 1lb for 13 year old girls.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_average_weight_of_a_13-year-old

[Hayleigh]

Just under 5ft quite small tbh Skinny just generally runs in the family maybe 4t 10/11

[Tintinnabulate]

Also those who think she died because she had junk food at hospital make me laugh.

[GommeInc]

Also those who think she died because she had junk food at hospital make me laugh.
Indeed, the junk food is more of an anti-family stand point as they were stupid to go agaisnt hospital protocol and her best interests. The damage was already done prior to hospitalisation and she died because of her weight. She could of easily of died at home of a heart attack. The main problem here is that the hospital most likely put her on a 0 fat diet and were looking into ways of dealing with the strain on her body. The food from the family wasn't really a problem, other than it's pretty pathetic they went against standard hospital procedure for goodness knows what reason.

[Apple]

Indeed, the junk food is more of an anti-family stand point as they were stupid to go agaisnt hospital protocol and her best interests. The damage was already done prior to hospitalisation and she died because of her weight. She could of easily of died at home of a heart attack. The main problem here is that the hospital most likely put her on a 0 fat diet and were looking into ways of dealing with the strain on her body. The food from the family wasn't really a problem, other than it's pretty pathetic they went against standard hospital procedure for goodness knows what reason.
I agree with you here but I think that her family might be the ones to blame for her obesity and eventual death. I say this because I am assuming she did not live alone as she would of needed full time care, I can't imagine her having a partner but I could be wrong so the chances are she lived with her family. We have already seen what her family are like by sneaking food into the hospital for her, if they would do such a thing like that when she is dying in hospital as a result from her eating habits then I cannot imagine how they treated her at home. The fact that she was so obese to buy or make food for herself means that someone had to do it for her, if it was her family then they are as much to blame because they should not of being allowing her to eat so much unhealthy food.

[Tintinnabulate]

I agree with you here but I think that her family might be the ones to blame for her obesity and eventual death. I say this because I am assuming she did not live alone as she would of needed full time care, I can't imagine her having a partner but I could be wrong so the chances are she lived with her family. We have already seen what her family are like by sneaking food into the hospital for her, if they would do such a thing like that when she is dying in hospital as a result from her eating habits then I cannot imagine how they treated her at home. The fact that she was so obese to buy or make food for herself means that someone had to do it for her, if it was her family then they are as much to blame because they should not of being allowing her to eat so much unhealthy food.

Maybe if you read the story first eh?


Britain's fattest woman has died from a heart attack after her family smuggled takeaways and junk food into her hospital room, it has been revealed.

You cannot blame the family. Are you going to start blaming peoples family for those who are underweight or overweight? No. Its the person and their will power and the choices they made. The family cant control a person 24/7. They cant stop them from eating when they are out, so blaming the family is simply stupid.

Like I said, she did not die from a few burgers at the hospital. Her arteries were already blocked and the damage was done. How do you all know she wasn't told she would be dead soon? We all read what the crappy Daily Mail says and think thats the full story.

Like I said, if she knew she was going to die soon, might aswell die happy.

[Moh]

How do they urm, bury her?

[louder]

Ahahah, size of her, it's completly self inflicted, ergo her own fault. Still she should feel guilty for being a drain on society and leaving her kids behind.

doubt she's gunna be doing much feeling guilty.

[Jordy]

How do they urm, bury her?Grave difficulty I imagine...

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[Apple]

Maybe if you read the story first eh?



You cannot blame the family. Are you going to start blaming peoples family for those who are underweight or overweight? No. Its the person and their will power and the choices they made. The family cant control a person 24/7. They cant stop them from eating when they are out, so blaming the family is simply stupid.

Like I said, she did not die from a few burgers at the hospital. Her arteries were already blocked and the damage was done. How do you all know she wasn't told she would be dead soon? We all read what the crappy Daily Mail says and think thats the full story.

Like I said, if she knew she was going to die soon, might aswell die happy.

I understand that the damage was already likely to of been done but you should never give up on people. Sometimes when people get told how long they have to live, they can make miraculous recoveries. Like I have a friend for example who has a Nan that was told she had a couple of months to live, this is around 40 years ago. She is still alive, albeit with almost 24/7 oxygen supplies at her home she still survived. But if it was her choice to quit then fair enough as I know that if I was in that situation I would want to die happily to.

[GommeInc]

You cannot blame the family. Are you going to start blaming peoples family for those who are underweight or overweight? No. Its the person and their will power and the choices they made. The family cant control a person 24/7. They cant stop them from eating when they are out, so blaming the family is simply stupid.
You can if the background story was/is that her and her family were warned about it months or years in advance, but as there appears to be no news we cannot really blame them. So I agree with you here. There are two stories regarding this article - the family for going against hospital protocol by sneaking in food and the lady who died of obesity. The family are wrong for sneaking in food, that's a fact as "sneaking" does imply going against hospital protocol knowing full well they shouldn't sneak in food. However, they definitely cannot be blamed for her eventual death unless they were warned years in advance and didn't really help, though they cannot be completely to blame as I imagine this woman has free will and decided her own fate (disorder or not). It's a sad story, but one that could of been prevented although I wouldn't blame the hospital, unless they too didn't do what they should of done and given out warnings OR given her a diet inside hospital which removes fat or given her an operation to relieve stress on her vital organs.

Interesting story all the same :/

[Dean]

But witnesses at Broomfield Hospital - where she had been a patient for two months - said relatives brought in fish and chips and family-sized buckets of fried chicken to the mother-of-four.

Are you serious? No offence or anything but she was a ticking time bomb and they basically ended her life by bringing her all that junk. I feel sorry for her children though.

[Suspective]

I can't believe her family would help her die. I'm not surprised, she turned out how she did. Her family sound like pushovers :P