A Brit who was officially the fattest man in the world has died, it emerged today. Keith Martin - who weighed an astonishing 70 stone at his heaviest - died from pneumonia following a lengthy battle with his weight. His death at the age of 44 came just eight months after Keith had undergone a successful gastric sleeve which removed three-quarters of his stomach.
The surgeon who tried to save his life with life-changing weight-loss surgery is calling for the government to swiftly impose a fast-food tax.
Unemployed Keith admitted much of the weight had come from eating huge amounts of super-cheap fast food.