mˈʊɹ wʌz bˈɔːɹn ɪn ˌoʊklɐhˈoʊmə ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi ænd klˈeɪmd tə hæv bɪkˌʌm ɐn oʊbˈiːz tʃˈaɪld, wˈeɪɪŋ wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛlv pˈaʊndz baɪ sˈɛkənd ɡɹˈeɪd;
Moore was born in Oklahoma in 1940 and claimed to have become an obese child, weighing 112 pounds by second grade ();