Dzhambulat Khatokhov

Dzhambulat Mikhaylovich Khatokhov (; 24 September 1999 – 29 December 2020) was the world's heaviest child in 2003, according to the Guinness Book of Records.

Biography At the age of eight, Dzhambik and his mother visited Japan to be part of a television programme, "Impossible", on Fuji Television. At age 7 he was 4 ft 3 and weighed 100 kg (220 lb) while his brother was double his age but less than half his weight. By the age of 9, Dzhambik weighed .

Doctors were unsure of the cause of his fast growth. In 2008, the British doctor Ian Campbell, one of the world's leading experts in obesity, visited Dzhambik and performed a series of tests on him at a Moscow clinic, where he was treated every year for his obesity.

Dzhambik's size earned him the nickname Sosruko after an ancient hero from local mythology. Sosruko was a giant, a fierce warrior who protected his people and embodied qualities people in the Caucasus greatly respect: strength and size. According to Nelya Kabardarkova, her son's grandfather was also known as a Bogatyr, a Russian word for a sort of gentle giant.

Dzhambik appeared on many Russian TV Shows, but gained world recognition through the UK Channel 4 series BodyShock in the episode "World's Biggest Boy" which aired on many TV channels around the world.

In August 2017 Dzhambulat weighed 230 kg and decided to lose weight. His goal was to lose up to 120 kg. By his 18th birthday, he had lost 54 kg and weighed 176 kg, achieving this together with the trainer Yusif Nurullaev. He said: "The trainer literally kept track of every portion of food I was about to eat. I photographed my plate with my phone before eating and sent it to Yusif. If I forgot to do this, it means that he believed that I ate more than allowed, and loaded me more during training session. This disciplined me a lot."

Death His death was announced on 29 December 2020. He was 21. No cause of death was given. It has been reported that he died due to kidney problems.

Weight development Age Weight Weight of a ... Birth 2.9 kg / 6.4 lbs / 0.5 st normal baby 1 12.7 kg / 27 lbs / 2 st 3 year old 4 56 kg / 124 lbs / 8.8 st 13 year old 6 89.7 kg / 198 lbs / 14.1 st grown man 8 132.9 kg / 293 lbs / 20.9 st 9 146 kg / 322 lbs / 23 st 10 126 kg / 278 lbs / 19.8 st 12 175 kg / 389 lbs / 27.6 st 190 kg / 419 lbs / 29.9 st 16 226 kg / 498 lbs / 35.6 st 17 230 kg / 507 lbs / 36.2 st 18 176 kg / 388 lbs / 27.7 st