Improve support for people with severe and complicated obesity

Greater focus needs to be devoted to strategies supporting individuals who are already obese. Current government policy is focused largely on prevention, which is vital in ensuring the scale of the obesity problem and its associated costs do not increase. It does not, however, address the problems of those people already obese or morbidly obese and the costs associated with their health conditions. Moreover, obesity treatment is often cost effective.

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Tackling obesity in the UK
Tackling obesity
Develop a coherent fiscal, regulatory and governance framework
Invest in weight management services
Improve support for people with severe and complicated obesity
Develop a patient charter for those with obesity problems
Multidisciplinary teams to cover severe and complex obesity across UK
Bariatric surgery can be cost effective
NICE guidance has been ignored on bariatric services
Pharmacological treatment can be cost-effective
Develop a patient charter for those with obesity problems
Set up a specialist group of bariatric nurses
Undertake a systematic review of specialist obesity services
Actions – Health Professionals
Offer financial weight loss incentives to people
Providers should be formally evaluated and accredited
Types of weight-management services
Early intervention programmes
Many smaller providers lack formal evidence to support interventions
Most obese UK children lack access to weight management programmes
Weight management service provision is poor in comparison to smoking
Weight management services are in short supply
Weight management services can save more money than they cost
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