The warning signs that Nick Drane’s weight had spiralled out of control had been there for some time.
By his late 30s, the father-of-two weighed 23st 7lb and could ‘easily finish’ a KFC family feast – 16 pieces of fried chicken and six portions of salt-covered chips – all on his own.
His local kebab shop in Ipswich, Suffolk, even created a special order just for him: a 3XL mixed kebab piled high with extra chips, cheese and mayonnaise.
Yet, the moment he realised things had gone too far involved not his eating habits, but his drinking.
In late August 2020, a friend pointed out
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