MUMBAI, INDIA — A woman thought to be the world’s heaviest was this week ferried via cargo plane from her home in Alexandria, Egypt to Mumbai, India. <br /> <br />There, Eman Ahmed, who weighs 495 kilograms (about 1,000 pounds), will go on a 25-day liquid diet to reduce her weight by 50 kilograms. Ahmed, 36, suffers from elephantiasis, a condition that causes parts of the body to enlarge. <br /> <br />Ahmed’s right arm and leg are paralyzed due to a stroke, according to the Save Eman Cause BitGiving page. She also suffers from restrictive lung disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and cannot speak. <br /> <br />Ahmed will undergo a sleeve gastrectomy, where part of the stomach is severed in order to reduce it to 15 percent of its size, the Times of India reported.
