Britain’s fattest man, weighing 47 stone, has protested that his human rights are being violated by his physicians, who have placed him on a calorie-controlled diet in order to save his life.
Jason Holton, 32, from Camberley, Surrey, has been confined to his home for the last seven years. On June 4 of this year, he almost escaped death after suffering a series of mini-strokes and a suspected blood clot.
It took two hours for a specially-designed ambulance to transport 32-year-old Jason to Frimley Park Hospital after his massive frame exerted tremendous strain on his internal organs.
His diet consisted of JustEat takeaways such as doner meat, fries, and chicken chow mein washed down with 1.5 litres of orange juice and five cans of diet coke, totaling over £10,000 each year.
In October 2021, Jason had to be lifted out of his third-story apartment by a crane and 30 firefighters in a seven-hour operation during which structural engineers reinforced the floor of his two-bedroom maisonette in case he fell.
The NHS is now paying for Jason’s care in a private nursing home outside of London, where he has been placed on a calorie-restricted diet.
But Jason argues the new eating habits he is being put on are against his ‘human rights’ and feels as though he is being ‘tortured’ by the doctors taking care of him.
‘I am on a drink restriction and I keep trying to explain to them, “I’ve got my human rights and I should be able to drink what I want to”. But I’m not allowed,’ he told The Sun.
‘I’m so down about it… I keep saying, “Why can’t you give me my drink back instead of making life difficult for me?”. I told them I’ll call the police because I’m constantly dehydrated.’
He added: ‘I knew I’d get really ill eventually, given my size, but I never expected it would happen to me now. It’s terrifying.’
After his crane-lift evacuation in October 2020, his 52-year-old mother Leisa told MailOnline that her son piled on weight after developing some mental health problems five years ago.
She watched on as her son was evacuated by 30 fireman in a seven-hour operation, which involved structural engineers reinforcing the floor of their two-bed maisonette in case he fell.
She told MailOnline : ‘He always had a bit of an obesity problem. From when he was a child he was ok and not too bad.
‘He’s been housebound and unable to get out of the house. I’m hoping he’ll change things and just keep to salads and not go for takeaway foods. He’s already spoken about that. I hope this might wake him up.’
She added: ‘Seeing him being lifted out of the flat was very worrying because they said he could actually stop breathing in the move. So I was just glad he was alright.’
‘He’s still in hospital at the moment, where he’s been for nearly two weeks, although he hasn’t had an operation yet.
‘I haven’t been able to visit because of the coronavirus. It’s bad and really hard when you are worried about a member of your family but can’t go and see them.’
As of last December, he was down to 45 stone – after reaching a peak of 50 stone – but he has now crept back up to 47 stone as he has continued eating a huge amount of food.
His calorie restrictions at the nursing home he has been in since early August are mostly surrounding his drink intake as he hasn’t been stopped by doctors from ordering M&S sandwiches on Deliveroo and getting bits from the cafe – ‘They are OK about that,’ he says, adding that they will confiscate a drink if they see him near one.
Mr Holton’s health problems mean he is unable to work, leaving him on benefits including £398 a week Employment Support Allowance and a £451 Personal Independence Payment. His mother also gets £200 a month to help with council tax.
He also gets a £550 contribution towards his £621 rent – and the government has paid for the installation of his specialist toilet with a built-in bidet which allows him easy access.
Caregivers have restricted him to 1.5 litres of all liquids every day.
Matthew Crawford, Britain’s previous fattest man, died in June at the age of 37, not long before his collapse-turn-crane rescue. He weighed an astounding 55 stone.
After Carl Thompson, who weighed 65 stone, died in 2015, he became the fattest man in the United Kingdom.
The 33-year-old man from Dover had been confined to his home for almost a year after doctors advised him to reduce 70% of his body weight to live.
When his mother died of a brain tumour in 2012, Mr. Thompson, who was already obese, resorted to junk food as a coping mechanism.
In three years, his weight increased from 30 stone to 65, rendering him unable of caring for himself.
Mr. Thompson claimed to have spent £10 a day on chocolate while consuming a whopping 10,000 calories per day, which is four times the average daily caloric intake for a man.
Unable to move or even clothe himself, a team of NHS caregivers washed and fed him.
Mr. Crawford cost the National Health Service $40,000 a month and died from organ failure and sepsis.
Jason stated that he ‘doesn’t feel good’ about the future and is unsure whether he would ever be able to return home.