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arren Smith, whose BMI (35) is greater than his age (33) has come to see me about his health. As he squeezes himself on to the chair next to my desk, he puts his fat elbow out for a blood pressure measurement and asks if he can have a general check-up: he wants a thyroid level test, perhaps a cholesterol test and also he has a mole. He has chronic back pain, is under the physio for knee pain and has long-term depression and anxiety.