Skinny suit can make the fat people feel ‘as svelte as an airship’.
The NHS is squeezing fat patients into skinny suits, to give them an idea of what it feels like to be slim.
Imported from the US at a cost of £1,000 each, the suits can compress a 400-lb woman down to a size 10 dress size: the process uses something called ‘gut wax’ and an industrial vacuum.
It’s hoped that the suits will provide an insight into just how hard it can be to roll some of their fattest fellow patients from the ward down to the vending machines and back, and perhaps establish a glimmer of self-loathing, moderation and personal responsibility.
Anne Fallow is in charge of the trial, and explained the NHS’s new approach to dealing with the clinically greedy.
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