article_snippet.sent: There are 211 CCGs in England so the survey by the Health Service Journal covered just under a third.
article_snippet.sent: Last year, a CCG in Devon threatened to ban all non-urgent treatments for anyone severely obese with a BMI above 35.
article_snippet.sent: This is equivalent to a 5ft 6in woman of 16st or a 6ft man being 18st 13lb.
article_snippet.sent: A survey by GP magazine last month found that 80 per cent of CCGs ration at least one procedure to patients who are very obese.
article_snippet.sent: Around two-thirds of Britons are overweight or obese.