Only l74 centimeters in height (about 5 ft. 8 inches), Liu weighed an incredible 256 kilograms - about 563 pounds and was gaining weight at a rate of a pound a day.
住院檢查期間，他每天只喝白開水、吃少量流質食物，體重還是繼續上升，平均每天大約都增加一磅，一直增加到二百五十六公斤。