Local services and resources

Who should take action?

  • Health and wellbeing boards
  • Local education and training boards
  • Directors of public health and local public health providers
  • Academic health networks and other academic institutions
  • Professional bodies providing training in weight management, diet or physical activity

Actions

  • All of the above should ensure all relevant staff who are not specialists in weight management or behaviour change can give people details of:
  • local services that are likely to be effective in helping people maintain a healthy weight
  • local lifestyle weight management services that meet best practice as outlined in the obesity pathway.
  • All of the above should promote, as appropriate, web resources which encourage a community-wide approach to obesity. Resources include: Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: a toolkit for developing local strategies the Obesity Learning Centre and Healthy Places resources.​
  • For recommendations on training for public sector catering staff see the diet pathway.
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Obesity – Stakeholders »Obesity – Stakeholders
Stakeholders – Institutions »Stakeholders – Institutions
NICE »NICE
NICE Guidance on Diet, Nutrition and Obesity »NICE Guidance on Diet, Nutrition and Obesity
NICE – Obesity working with local communities »NICE – Obesity working with local communities
NICE – Local training and development »NICE – Local training and development
Local services and resources
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