Britain's fattest man dies at 33

London

 Britain's fattest man, who weighed 65 stone passed away at his home in Kent.

Carl Thompson, 33, had been confined to his home for a year, relying on NHS carers to wash and feed him.

A private ambulance, police and the fire brigade were seen outside his home in Dover yesterday.

 In a statement, police said, 'Kent Police was called at 10:38am on 21 June, to a property, Dover following reports that a man in his 30s had died.Officers do not believe the death to be suspicious.'

 After speaking out about his plight last month, the 33-year-old vowed to lose weight to stay alive, adding that he had been 'touched' by the outpouring of sympathy and offers of help he'd received in the wake of several media interviews.

Mr Thompson said that he was desperate to change his lifestyle after being warned by doctors of his ill health.

'Any professional opinion or other knowledge would be great,' he said.

 Unable to leave the house to go food shopping, the 33-year-old lived on Chinese takeaways and pizzas that he had delivered to his door.

He also claimed to have spent £10 a day on chocolate, relying on state handouts for money.

While Mr Thompson attributed most of his weight gain to the death of his mother, he admitted that he had always 'loved' food.

'I was only about three or four and no one knew why I did it. I would just eat anything out of the cupboards,' he said.

When his mother died of a brain tumour in 2012, he turned to unhealthy food as a means of coping with his grief.

His weight soon doubled from 30stone to 65, leaving him unable to work. 

Mr Thompson spent the last few years in and out of hospital, where he was treated for a range of ailments including septicemia.

Last month, as he appealed for help to lose the weight, he vowed not to undergo 'dangerous' gastric band surgery.

'I don't want a gastric band, they're dangerous. I'd like the help of a dietician and a psychiatrist to help shift the weight,' he said.