Robert Wadlow was born in 1918 and died in 1940.
It's hard to imagine now, but Wadlow weighed 439 lbs(199 kg).
Wadlow consumed an average of 8,000 calories a day,
wore a shoe size 37AA, had 32.4cm hands, and an almost 10-foot arm span.
Growth percentages Robert Wadlow, 2 meters and 72 cm,
next to his father, shows us the effects of a hyper-secretion of GH during development.
The tallest man in history was Robert Pershing Wadlow, who was 8 feet 11.1 inches(2.72 m)
tall and 485 pounds at the time of his death.
Symptoms and Complications To learn more: Symptoms Acromegaly Gigantism:
Robert Wadlow, 2 meters and 72 cm,
next to his father, shows us the effects of a hyper-secretion of GH during development.