NHS ordered to ensure doctors record tens of millions of patients body mass index so they can identify if their weight is ...

Information for patients Medicines for obesity Tirzepatide The NHS in England currently prescribes weight loss medications to patients living with obesity who meet specific criteria. Detailed ...

Fortunes are being blown on injectable hopes of a slimmer future but a simpler and cheaper alternative could actually be in ...

NHS hospital treatment for obesity has quadrupled over the past decade as almost 1.9million hospital episodes were recorded over 2023/24. The sharp increase, which is up from 442,083 episodes in ...

This commission has been trying to deal with a more accurate way of diagnosing and classifying obesity in the first place. 'No system - the NHS or others - have had these methods yet - I think ...

“Obesity can also lead to insulin resistance ... “It’s usually part of the NHS Health Check, sent to people aged 40-71 every five years.” However, Foster thinks it’s a good idea to ...

The way we think about obesity is changing. A new definition and diagnostic framework for obesity has been put forward in a commission published by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, recognizing ...

FAT patients should be weighed every year so doctors can keep an eye on them, the NHS watchdog says. Closer monitoring of unhealthy people’s waistlines is being recommended by the National ...

Sir Keir Starmer must urgently address problems with the NHS or risk missing out on future investment in Britain, the UK boss ...

Very few people are currently being prescribed drugs for weight loss on the NHS in Scotland, research by BBC Scotland News has established. Medications like Mounjaro and Wegovy have been hailed as ...

Very few people are currently being prescribed drugs for weight loss on the NHS in Scotland, research by BBC Scotland News has established. Medications like Mounjaro and Wegovy have been hailed as ...