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...
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...
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...
How to discuss weight loss with patients and provide ongoing support
Health coach Zaytun Ratansi offers advice on how GPs can raise the issue of weight loss with patient...
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...
Obesity - the single biggest preventable cause of cancer after smoking
Most people are unaware that obesity is the second biggest preventable cause of cancer. New research...
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...
Advising patients on a healthy diet
In light of a National Obesity Forum (NOF) report on reversing obesity, Professor David Haslam and D...
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