Obesity Abstracts

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Obesity is not simply a behavioural or lifestyle issue, but a set of complex chronic and relapsing diseases worthy of the same consideration as any other life-threatening diseases. While obesity is often viewed as a single risk factor for other diseases, there are in fact many distinguishable subpopulations living with different types of obesity, including those defined by risks of complications and others by optimal treatment response. While subpopulations will overlap, the d...

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...