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Oct 15, 2013 · 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.
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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 and image, and...
Oct 14, 2013 · President William Howard Taft, the country's heaviest commander in chief and a high-profile yo-yo dieter in his day, lost 60 pounds in the early 1900s on a low-carb diet with the help of a diet...
Oct 17, 2013 · According to Levine, Taft shed nearly 60 pounds on the diet, dropping from 314 pounds in December 1905 to 255 pounds in April 1906. Feeling good at his new weight, Taft switched to a...
Oct 14, 2013 · 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 remembered as the president whose weight,...
Nov 27, 2016 · On this day in 1911, Elizabeth Jaffray, the White House housekeeper, wrote in her diary about a talk she had with William Howard Taft, the nation’ s 27th president, and his wife, Helen “Nellie”...
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Jun 30, 2022 · “Obesity experts said Taft’s experience highlights how very difficult it is for many fat people to lose substantial amounts of weight and keep it off, and how little progress has been made in finding a combination of foods that lead to permanent weight loss.”
