London - Britain’s fattest man died in his home after ballooning to about 412.76 kilograms.
It reportedly took emergency services several hours to remove Carl Thompson from his home on Sunday morning, using a small crane to manoeuvre his body out via an upstairs balcony.
The 33-year-old, from Dover, had been housebound for more than a year after doctors warned he needed to lose 70 percent of his body weight to survive.
Consuming a staggering 10 000 calories every day, Thompson binged on Chinese takeaways and pizzas he had delivered to his door and claimed to have spent £10 a day on chocolate - relying on state handouts for money.
Unable to walk or even dress himself, he was bathed and cooked for by a team of NHS carers.
Living of incapacity benefits and disability allowances, he had not worked since the age of 17 and spent roughly £200 a week on takeaways and online food shopping.
While Mr Thompson attributed most of his weight gain to the death of his mother, he admitted he had always “loved” food.
Last month he made a public appeal for help to overcome his problem after tipping the scales as Britain’s fattest man - and was inundated with offers.
Doctors warned he could be faced with death if efforts were not made to shed at least 285.76kg.
Thompson said: “Any professional opinion or other knowledge would be great. I’ve had a lot of that coming in anyway but the more the better.
“I could die, that’s the bottom line if I keep going the way I do.
“Because of what I eat I’m missing out on everything in life.”
When his mother died of a brain tumour in 2012, Mr Thompson turned to junk food as a means of coping with his grief - despite already being obese.
His weight more than doubled from 190.51kg to 412.76kg in three years, leaving him unable to care for himself.
But he confessed to struggling with his weight since childhood, indulging in late-night fridge raids even as a toddler.
“I was only about three or four,” he said.
“I would just eat anything out of the cupboards.”
Unlike Paul Mason - previously Britain’s heaviest man at 444.52kg before losing 304.81kg after gastric band surgery - Thompson did not want to undergo an operation.
“I don’t want a gastric band, they’re dangerous. I’d like the help of a dietician and a psychiatrist to help shift the weight,” he said.
“I will go anywhere which will help me lose weight. It’s taken over my life. I can’t move, I can’t cook, and it’s time for that to end.” Kent Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious.
Daily Mail