Eman Ahmed

Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty (; 9 September 1980 – 25 September 2017) was an Egyptian considered to be the second heaviest woman in history, after Carol Yager. However, at , Eman was about a foot shorter than Yager, giving her the highest recorded BMI at 251.1 and body fat percentage. Her initial weight was claimed to be around .

Early life Abd El Aty was born in Egypt and she lived in Alexandria. Her family has stated that she weighed at birth. She suffered from a thyroid problem and had to stop school.

Treatment In February 2017, Abd El Aty travelled to Saifee Hospital at Mumbai, India, where a group of doctors, headed by Muffazal Lakdawala, treated her successfully using bariatric surgery. They included an endocrinologist, a chest physician, cardiologist, a cardiac surgeon, two bariatric surgeons, two intensivists, and three anaesthetists. She remained in Mumbai after the operation for several months. The aim was to perform two operations, and during the next three and a half years, reduce her weight to less than .

She lost about after undergoing weight-loss treatment in India. She left on 4 May 2017 for the United Arab Emirates for long-term treatment. The doctors, treating her, said she was also suffering from a "cardiac issue" and infected bed sores. She was being treated by a team of 20 doctors at Abu Dhabi's Burjeel Hospital.

Death Abd El Aty died on Monday, 25 September 2017 at 4:35 pm, 16 days after her 37th birthday, due to complications from the underlying comorbid conditions, including heart disease and kidney dysfunction, at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE since her admission to the hospital in May.