I Was so Fat, I Feared I'd Die On My Own Operating Table ; Three Out of Four British Men Will Be Overweight by 2010, According to a New Report. Here a Doctor Who Lost Almost Seven Stone Offers Hope to the Obese

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IT IS 9.15am in Harley Street. After a 5.45am breakfast of muesli, banana, yoghurt and juice, a 6am ward round at the London Clinic and almost two hours in the operating theatre, consultant anaesthetist Dr Peter Amoroso bounds down the street to his townhouse.

Over a cup of tea, his manicured hands turn the pages of a photo album to reveal an image of a blubber-whale of a man with five chins, fat, pink cheeks and a voluminous belly.

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I Was so Fat, I Feared I'd Die On My Own Operating Table ; Three Out of Four British Men Will Be Overweight by 2010, According to a New Report. Here a Doctor Who Lost Almost Seven Stone Offers Hope to the Obese

It's hard to reconcile the behemoth of the photographs with the well-proportioned man sitting before me. He now weighs a mere 12st 7lb - whereas once he threatened to break the scales at 19st 4lb.

Even the police have had a problem matching the old Dr Amoroso with the new.

A few months ago, a police chief called to renew the shotgun certificat...

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