Obviously this woman is getting more out of this than being a record holder, or she’d be happy with the record she has, but I was surprised that she’d still be considered for the record since she’s announcing that she plans to do this. I thought I’d read something saying that the GWR wouldn’t accept anyone who endangered themselves to get into the book, but a quick search isn’t pulling anything up about restrictions on forcing yourself to gain weight (forcing your pet to gain weight *is *mentioned, though). Surely there are people who’ve done this before, and she’s probably going to do it anyway, but I’m torn on whether this should even be a record that people strive toward getting in the books for, if things like “the most cigarettes smoked in a day” have been removed, which it has, according to wikipedia.
Whether you have announced intention or not, I can’t see any way to top 1000 pounds without endangering yourself. If the record exists i can’t see why she would be denied it.
Freedom means people are allowed to do sad, stupid things. Some sail around the world on a pogo stick. Some climb Everest in a one-man canoe. It is not clear why you should not be allowed to eat yourself into a grave.
To me, there’s a difference, however slight, between people who’ve reached that weight due to other issues, and people who are deliberately setting out to reach that size for the recognition. It ties into the bigger issue about removing certain records for safety reasons. If they’ve closed certain challenges because of health issues, I don’t see how this one is still on the books.
there are a lot of records that would fall under this umbrella.
e.g. tallest man/woman.
If the height is due to hyper thyroidism or whatever, and a sufferer refuses treatment because they want to top whatever the max height is, isn’t that the same?