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University of Bristol: Just three per cent of adults with a recording of overweight or obesity in primary care in England are referred to weight management programmes

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National obesity guidance was introduced in England at the end of 2006, with a 2014 update stating that adults with a BMI of ≥25 (≥23.0 in minority ethnic groups) are eligible for referral to a lifestyle weight management programme. These programmes focus on making behaviour changes to eating and physical activity habits. GPs can also […]