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Advertisement. This article was published more than 5 years ago. Retropolis. The nation’s fattest president loved steaks for breakfast. Then he went on a diet. William Howard Taft’s...
In 1905, while serving as Secretary of War, Taft weighed 314 pounds. That’s a body-mass index of 40, which today would indicate someone who is severely obese. He knew his weight wasn’t healthy, causing an “acid stomach,” shortness of breath, problems sleeping, and daytime fatigue.
Oct. 14, 2013. William Howard Taft, the only massively obese man ever to be president of the United States, struggled mightily to control his weight a century ago, worrying about his health...
The weight range has been between 122lbs (55kg) and 332lbs (151kg), meaning that the heaviest president, William Howard Taft, was almost three times as heavy as the lightest president,...
A Smithsonian magazine piece from 2014 says that Taft tipped the scales at 340 pounds. A random Internet search produces results that suggest Taft was a big as 350 pounds and as short at 5'11"....
President William Howard Taft has the dubious honor of being America’s heaviest leader, weighing in at 314 pounds during his tenure in the White House.
Oct. 14, 2013, 3:20 PM PDT. By Lauran Neergaard. This Feb. 5, 1930, file photo shows former President and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Howard Taft in his judicial robes. Taft is...
