Britain's fattest man who weighs a staggering 45 stone, and once had to be hoisted out from his home via crane, says he wants a gastric bypass for Christmas.
Jason Holton, 31, of Camberley, Surrey, was freed from his flat using the unconventional method by the fire service in October 2020 after being trapped indoors for five years.
He is now said to want the surgical weight-loss procedure after piling on the pounds during the pandemic, putting on another five stone despite previously shedding weight.
He used to binge on takeaways and spent £30 a day on JustEat food, scoffing kebabs, chicken chow mein and chips.
Jason also guzzled litres of orange juice and and cans of diet coke every day, consuming about 10,000 calories.
In an interview with The Sun he confessed to being "addicted to food" and said he had "given up on himself".
He said: “To lose weight I’d have to go on a low-calorie crash diet, like 600 or 800 calories a day, which I’m not capable of because I’m too addicted to food and I’ve got nothing else to do.
“If I try to walk there’s so much strain on my head, from carrying so much weight, it’s like I’ve been upside down on a rollercoaster — it’s dangerous. I go to the kitchen and bathroom now and again but that’s the only movement I do. I never go outside, not even to the garden, and I probably take about 25 steps a day."
He said the best present he could wish for this Christmas would be a gastric bypass, and added he had was told he was eligible and was now on the waiting list.
A gastric bypass is where surgical staples are used to create a small pouch at the top of the stomach.
The pouch is then connected to the small intestine, bypassing the rest of the stomach.
This means it takes less food to make the wearer feel full and fewer calories will be absorbed from the food that is eaten.
