Weight gain for surgery

A MAN who weighs 20 stone intends to put on weight because he is not fat enough to qualify for weight-loss surgery.

Darin McCloud was told he did not qualify for a gastric bypass because he did not meet the criteria for the operation.

The 45-year-old, from Portsmouth, now plans to go on a get-fat-quick diet to tip the scales at more than 21 stone — the weight deemed necessary by his local NHS primary care trust.