Six Britons were put on short-term regimens so complicated that you needed graphs and spreadsheets to decipher them

Maurice from Sheffield hasn’t seen his feet for four years. Thanks to the miracle of television (How to Lose Weight Well, Channel 4), I have and can confirm that they remain in Yorkshire and attached to the rest of him.

The bigger mystery is how Maurice and his equally overweight pal Mick can realise their dream which, for some misbegotten reason, is to complete the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge six weeks’ hence.

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