A CHINESE couple too fat to consummate their union has decided to undergo his and hers weight-loss surgery so they can have kids together.

Lin Yue and Deng Yang tip the scales at a combined weight of nearly 400 kgs, according to Central European News.

The plus-size lovebirds, both 30-year-olds, have been married since 2010, but haven’t been able to have sex because of their weight.

But after China’s heaviest person — a 244-kilo woman who goes by the nickname Qian Qian — announced she was going to have gastric bypass surgery earlier this month, the couple decided they should, too.

They’d always hoped to have a family, and see gastric bypass surgery as their chance to realise their dreams of parenthood.

Last week, they ventured to Changchun, the capital of Jilin province, to start the ball rolling on the fitness plan needed before the surgery, according to CEN.

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