- Who
- Angus Barbieri
- Where
- United Kingdom (Dundee,)
- When
- July 1966
Hunger strike doctors estimate that a well-nourished individual can survive without medical consequences on a diet of sugar and water for 30 days or more. The longest period for which anyone has gone without solid food is 382 days in the case of Angus Barbieri (UK) (b. 1940) of Tayport, Fife, who lived on tea, coffee, water, soda water and vitamins in Maryfield Hospital, Dundee, Angus, from June 1965 to July 1966, His weight declined from 214 kg (33 st 10 lb) to 80.74 kg (12 st 10 lb).
