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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...
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...
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...
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...
Exclusive: Obese patients denied surgery by NHS rationing
NHS England is imposing restrictions to bariatric surgery that go beyond NICE guidance, GPonline can...
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