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Obesity and nutrition

GP should prescribe fruit and veg to boost healthy eating, says Government-backed report
GP should prescribe fruit and veg to boost healthy eating, says Government-backed report

GPs should prescribe

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New digital weight management service opens to GP referrals
New digital weight management service opens to GP referrals

GPs will be

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GPs to receive ‘allocation’ for referring obese patients via new weight management ES
GPs to receive ‘allocation’ for referring obese patients via new weight management ES

GP practices will

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Weight management DES ‘fundamentally flawed’, says BMA in scathing statement

The new weight

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Weight management DES ‘fundamentally flawed’, says BMA in scathing statement
NHS England announces £20m for new GP weight management DES

NHS England has

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NHS England announces £20m for new GP weight management DES
New Office for Health Promotion to assume PHE responsibilities

The Government will

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New Office for Health Promotion to assume PHE responsibilities
GPs to be able to refer an extra 700,000 patients for weight management

The Government has

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GPs to be able to refer an extra 700,000 patients for weight management
NICE approves new weight loss treatment for high-risk obese patients

NICE has approved

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NICE approves new weight loss treatment for high-risk obese patients
GPC to discuss obesity enhanced service for 2021

The BMA’s GP

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GPC to discuss obesity enhanced service for 2021
BMA ‘cannot support’ QOF incentives for GPs to refer all obese patients

The BMA is

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BMA ‘cannot support’ QOF incentives for GPs to refer all obese patients
Excess belly fat linked to higher risk of early death regardless of total body fat

A large systematic

Excess belly fat linked to higher risk of early death regardless of total body fat
Diet schemes are the tip of the iceberg (lettuce)

Dr David Turner

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Diet schemes are the tip of the iceberg (lettuce)
GPs to prescribe meal replacement diets to reverse diabetes

GPs will be

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GPs to prescribe meal replacement diets to reverse diabetes