WARWICK, R.I. — An 800-pound Rhode Island man says he’s been kicked out of a hospital’s weight loss program for ordering pizza.
Steven Assanti, of Cranston, says he is addicted to food and was enrolled in a weight loss program at Rhode Island Hospital for 80 days. He says he’s lost more than 20 pounds.
The 30-year-old Assanti said he ordered pizza Tuesday, a violation of the plan’s rules. He says he was asked to leave and is now living in the back of his father’s SUV.
A hospital spokeswoman says he was discharged, but she can’t comment further due to confidentiality laws.
His father says social workers are trying to arrange for Assanti to stay at Kent Hospital through the weekend. He says they’re considering moving his son to a Massachusetts apartment complex.