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Weight loss drugs: weight regain is inevitable Partner content
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By Slimming World
Weight loss drugs: weight regain is inevitable
We shouldn’t be surprised by weight regain when people stop taking weight loss drugs if they’re not supported to make effective, long-term lifestyle changes.
We must urgently expand access to obesity treatments
Health
By Martin Fidock
We must urgently expand access to obesity treatments
To be serious about tackling the obesity crisis that is costing the NHS £19bn a year, we must massively expand access to weight-loss drugs.
MPs must shed the stigma around weight loss jabs – they’ve helped me drop six stone
Health
By Alec Shelbrooke MP
MPs must shed the stigma around weight loss jabs – they’ve helped me drop six stone
Since taking weight loss medication, I have lost six stone – so far – reaching my first goal of no longer being clinically obese. I know that I am not alone amongst my colleagues in taking this kind of drug, and yet there is still such a stigma around it.
Anti-obesity medications aren’t the full solution, say BANT Partner content
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By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
Anti-obesity medications aren’t the full solution, say BANT
The British Society of Lifestyle Medicine (BSLM), The British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT) and the College of Medicine and Integrated Health (CoM) urge policy makers, health care leaders and regulatory bodies to ensure that anti-obesity medications (AOMs) are used safely, effectively and sustainably
Half of UK adults say they've put off losing weight Partner content
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By Slimming World
Half of UK adults say they've put off losing weight
A new survey has found that half of UK adults (50 per cent) have put off trying to lose weight, with many saying that the delay has impacted their health and caused them to gain even more weight. The UK’s leading weight-management organisation, Slimming World, warns that weight loss injections are not the silver bullet for success this January.
Weight loss injections are not a silver bullet Partner content
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By Slimming World
Weight loss injections are not a silver bullet
As Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledges to cut down on “wasteful spending” within public services, weight management expert Margaret Miles-Bramwell OBE, founder and chair of Slimming World, is calling for a review of spending on unnecessary weight loss medication.
Are weight loss drugs really 'miracle' medicines?
Health
By Harriet Symonds
Are weight loss drugs really 'miracle' medicines?
With new weight-loss drugs hailed as ‘miracle’ medicines, Harriet Symonds explores whether their increasing popularity should be treated with more caution
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By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
Weight loss jabs to help jobless living with obesity return to work but let’s not forget healthy living
BANT supports Health Secretary, Wes Streeting when he says, “people need to take “healthy living more seriously”
Diet fad or fact? New survey reveals why people struggle to lose weight and keep it off Partner content
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By Slimming World
Diet fad or fact? New survey reveals why people struggle to lose weight and keep it off
As a new survey finds more than half of UK adults have attempted a fad diet, the UK and Ireland’s largest weight loss organisation is calling on the government to support the option of evidence-based and effective lifestyle-based weight loss programmes working in partnership with the NHS.
Urgent need to prioritise people living with obesity Partner content
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By Slimming World
Urgent need to prioritise people living with obesity
Slimming World, the largest weight management organisation in the United Kingdom and Ireland, has written to Wes Streeting MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to lend its support to the Minister’s commitment to rebuild the NHS.
Can drugs really cure the obesity epidemic? Partner content
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By Slimming World
Can drugs really cure the obesity epidemic?
In a significant change of direction, the Government has switched its obesity strategy to a £40 million drug pilot. Carolyn Pallister, Registered Dietitian and Head of Nutrition, Research and Health from the UK's leading weight loss organisation Slimming World, looks at what this means for people who need support to lose weight.
Slimming World parliamentary drop-in showcases evidence-based approach to healthy weight loss Partner content
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By Slimming World
Slimming World parliamentary drop-in showcases evidence-based approach to healthy weight loss
Slimming World, the UK and Ireland’s most advanced and effective weight management programme, recently held a parliamentary drop-in, supported by the APPG on Obesity, highlighting how Slimming World members are able to adopt healthy lifestyles in line with key government priorities around diet, the NHS, economic growth and harder to reach communities.
Why social connections could be key to solving Britain’s obesity crisis Partner content
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By Slimming World
Why social connections could be key to solving Britain’s obesity crisis
Pandemic lockdowns ushered in a series of well-known changes for us all. Some of these, such as strict restrictions on seeing friends and family, turned out to be short-term. Others, like changes to the nation’s working habits, appear to be here to stay.
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By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
BANT critically questions the announcement of a new £100 million NHS Digital Weight Management Programme and subsequent snub of existing practitioners
BANT critically questions the strategy and merit of investing £100 million into the new NHS digital weight management program, launched 1st July 2021
Virtual group gets weight loss results Partner content
Coronavirus
By Slimming World
Virtual group gets weight loss results
Slimming World's review* of nearly 2,000 members who attend virtual group sessions shows that, when groups can’t meet in person, receiving support virtually is still highly effective.