The “world's heaviest teen” who once weighed in at an astonishing 96st when he was aged just 17 has shed a whopping amount of fat.
Khaled Mohsen Al Shaari made headlines around 10 years go when he had to be taken out of his bedroom in Saudi Arabia via a crane.
The teen was picked up with his bed on the end of a forklift truck while he was strapped to it for safety.
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At the time of his rescue the teenager was living on the second floor of a building in the southern Saudi city of Jarzan.
Part of the building had to be demolished to get him out of his bedroom, which he apparently hadn't left for two and a half years.
He was taken to hospital after the-late King Abdullah personally organised for him to have treatment.
And it took a team of 30 medical staff and Army men to get him there.
He was also given a custom-made wheelchair and physical therapy session to aid his mobility and movement.
At the time it was thought he had the highest Body Mass Index ever recorded, clocking in at an eye-watering 204.
A healthy range of BMI, according to the NHS, is between 18.5 and 24.9.
To be classed as obese, you would have to check in between 30 and 39.9.
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There is no actual classification for the 204 score Khaled racked up.
But now the 31-year-old has shed the weight, more than 80st, and weights in at just 16st.
It was a long road for the bloke, who just five years ago was finally able to walk properly with a Zimmer frame for the first time since he was a child.
And in 2018 he had surgery to remove the excess skin which is often associated with dramatic weight loss.
A recent picture of him shows just how dramatic the transformation is.
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Pictured sitting in a chair, he looks super thin and happy as he's smiling, around two years after his last surgery in 2019.
The image was posted at the end of 2021 and no further updates have been given since.
In the last few years, he launched an obesity awareness campaign, where he was dubbed the “smiling man” by Dr Abdeljabbar al-Yamani, the managing director of the King Fahd Medical City hospital where he was treated.
In 2019, Dr. Aa’ed al-Qahtani, head of the medical team overseeing Shaari’s treatment, said: “He has improved heart and lung function, reduced inflammation and improved muscle strength, including the ability to move his feet.”
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