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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Health
David Aspinall & Nicole Wootton-Cane

Bloke ate 35 Double Deckers each week until he 'couldn't put his socks on'

A 26-stone man who was ‘eating himself to death’ by scoffing 35 Double Deckers a week has shed 11 stone in a year to try to become a professional boxer.

Tobie Vermeire, from Malvern Hills, Worcester, had always struggled with his weight but knew something had to change when he was so obese he 'couldn't put his socks on'.

'Food addict' Vermeire regularly found himself devouring a four-pack of the Cadbury's chocolate bars with lunch and sometimes more in the morning and evening, reports WalesOnline.

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