Obesity Abstracts

Weight management services need to operate at scale if everyone one who might benefit is to have the opportunity to receive treatment. There is a large body of research developing and testing ‘boutique’ weight-loss interventions, usually involving highly trained professionals, with multiple contact points, putting them beyond the budget or workforce capacity of the NHS. For the few interventions that do make it into routine care, experience has shown that the effecti...

Background: A brief intervention in which physicians opportunistically endorse and facilitate an NHS-funded referral to a weight loss programme is clinically and cost-effective. In some areas physicians are unable to make NHS-funded referrals, but could recommend weight loss programmes at the patient’s expense. The aim of this study was to test the acceptability of a brief intervention and attendance at a weight loss programme when physicians endorse and facilitate a refe...

Background: Clinical trials have shown promising evidence that low-carbohydrate diets can improve glycaemic control in people with diabetes but the interventions have been intensive and delivered in specialist settings or with specialist staff. Given that most people with diabetes are cared for in primary care, we examined the feasibility and initial effectiveness of a behavioural support programme for low-carbohydrate diets delivered by practice nurses for people with type 2 ...