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Thirty-four stone, still too thin: Watch now

Published: Friday, 1 February 2008, 10:55AM

Why does the NHS approve weight-loss surgery for some but deny it to others.

Tonight's Fiona Foster meets the morbidly obese patients who have been told they’re ‘not fat enough’ to qualify for the operation – including one woman who weighs 34 stone.

Weblinks

British Obesity Surgery Patient Association (BOSPA)
www.bospa.org

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/

The Department of Health
http://www.dh.gov.uk