Managing Weight in General Practice

Doctors Sara and Lisa talk to Dietician Charlotte Cockman about managing weight for patients who are overweight or obese in General Practice. This includes a discussion around the definitions of overweight and obesity, risk factors, and what terms are less stigmatising when discussing weight with patients. Charlotte talks to us about her approach to weight, eating and health, and how this approach can encourage long term behavioural changes that focus on health and nutrition rather than weight. We discuss management options including what tier two and three NHS services do, as well as where some medications and surgery fit into this picture.

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Useful resources: 

• NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries Obesity (Sept 2022): https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/obesity/

• Waist to Height Ratio: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg189/chapter/Recommendations

• Greater Manchester Diabetes My Way: Healthy Living Support for People with Diabetes:
  https://diabetesmyway.nhs.uk/

• The Association of UK Dieticians Resources: https://www.bda.uk.com/food-health/workplace-health-work-ready/what-we-do/resources.html

• Giles Yeo Webinar: https://mynutriweb.com/why-calories-dont-count/

• Giles Yeo ‘Why Calories don’t count’ Book: https://www.betterworldbooks.com/search/results?q=Giles%20Yeo

• Giles Yeo: ‘Let’s consider the type of food we eat, not fixate on calories’ The Guardian. David Cox (Jun 2021): https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jun/20/giles-yeo-why-calories-dont-count-diet-interview

• British Dietetic Association Food Resources: https://www.bda.uk.com/food-health/food-facts.html

• Resources on Weight Stigma: https://www.bda.uk.com/news-campaigns/campaigns/managing-and-preventing-obesity/eliminating-weight-stigma-comms-guidelines.html

• https://www.worldobesity.org/what-we-do/our-policy-priorities/weight-stigma

• For Healthcare Professionals interested in more Nutritional Knowledge: https://mynutriweb.com/

• Nutrition information leaflets: https://www.ndr-uk.org/browse

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