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NICE recommends non-invasive surgical procedure to target obesity

NICE has said that a non-invasive weight loss procedure should be used by the NHS as an option to tr...

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NICE approves apps to boost access to specialist weight management services

Four digital programmes that can help deliver specialist weight management services and boost access...

Surgeons performing bariatric surgery

NICE updates guidance on referrals for weight-loss surgery

Patients will no longer need to have attempted to lose weight by non-surgical methods in order to be...

GPs should co-ordinate advice to prevent child obesity, MPs say

GPs should take the lead role in co-ordinating weight management advice and services to help avoid c...

Patients 'welcome' weight loss interventions from their GP, study shows

GPs opportunistically raising the issue of weight loss and offering referral to weight management pr...

'Weak' childhood obesity strategy criticised by GPs

The highly-anticipated childhood obesity strategy has come under fire from the BMA and RCGP, who hav...

GPC 'totally opposed' to proposed QOF target for recording BMI of all adult patients

The GPC has expressed its 'total opposition' to a QOF indicator proposed by NICE for the 2017 contra...

GP obesity expert defends advice to 'eat fat to get thin'

A GP obesity expert has urged the profession not to dismiss controversial advice that obese patients...

Obesity map reveals soaring BMI in parts of England

Patients in London are proportionally less likely than those from other areas of the country to be o...

Child obesity: GPs urged to refer for weight management (Photo: iStock)

GPs should send obese children and parents on weight-loss courses, says NICE

GPs should encourage parents regardless of their weight to attend weight management courses with the...

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