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New Office for Health Promotion to assume PHE responsibilities
New Office for Health Promotion to assume PHE responsibilities

The Government will

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GPs to be able to refer an extra 700,000 patients for weight management
GPs to be able to refer an extra 700,000 patients for weight management

The Government has

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NICE approves new weight loss treatment for high-risk obese patients
NICE approves new weight loss treatment for high-risk obese patients

NICE has approved

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GPC to discuss obesity enhanced service for 2021
GPC to discuss obesity enhanced service for 2021

The BMA’s GP

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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
Obesity ‘increases Covid death risk by 50%’ and ‘could impact vaccine efficacy’

Obesity is associated

Obesity ‘increases Covid death risk by 50%’ and ‘could impact vaccine efficacy’
Local pilots to ‘incentivise’ GPs to prescribe cycling

Local schemes will

Local pilots to ‘incentivise’ GPs to prescribe cycling
Government wants new obesity indicators added to QOF by next year

NICE recommendations for

Government wants new obesity indicators added to QOF by next year
PHE recommends targeted interventions on obesity to reduce Covid deaths

Public Health England

PHE recommends targeted interventions on obesity to reduce Covid deaths
The sweet side of Covid we’re forgetting

Dr David Turner 

The sweet side of Covid we’re forgetting
To tackle obesity, start with children

Dr Katie Musgrave

To tackle obesity, start with children