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UK’s plans to tackle obesity in light of increased COVID risk

Reading Time: 3 minutes In recent weeks we have seen the link between obesity and an increased risk of death from Coronavirus. In addition, the Prime Minister and Health Secretary have both made comments recently to the effect that they want to implement plans to treat the nation’s obesity problem. As we outlined in our recovery strategy, this government will invest in preventive and personalised solutions to ill health,

21 May, 2020 No Comments

NHS

Will the NHS pay for my weight loss surgery?

Reading Time: 3 minutes It is widely argued that weight loss surgery will pay for itself in 2 to 3 years, so as the problem gets bigger, why is it becoming less and less likely that you will be eligible for weight loss surgery on the NHS?

Healthier Weight 25 October, 2019 No Comments

NHS

7 tips to improve fertility

Reading Time: < 1 minute A common reason people approach Healthier Weight to lose weight is because they wish to start a family. A lot of the time they are

Andrew Jones 18 October, 2019 No Comments

NHS

Video: Private weight loss surgery patients talk about the NHS route

Reading Time: < 1 minute Getting a weight loss procedure through the NHS is difficult, as anyone who has tried will know. In this difficult political and financial climate, it’s

Healthier Weight 11 October, 2019 No Comments

General obesity

How long does it take to see a difference after surgery?

Reading Time: < 1 minute When we help people make decisions about whether or not they should have weight loss surgery we are doing so with a long term perspective.

Martyn Berrett 10 October, 2019 No Comments

Gastric band

Hair loss after bariatric surgery

Reading Time: 2 minutes Many patients experience hair loss after weight loss surgery. In most cases this tends to be mild and short-lived, but is some cases the loss

Martyn Berrett 9 October, 2019 No Comments

General obesity

Simon Cowell: Weight Loss Surgery Rumours

Reading Time: 2 minutes Perhaps you read in the news today about Simon Cowell losing a lot of weight. It was a positive story about how he’d made changes

Martyn Berrett 9 October, 2019 No Comments

NHS

My GP won’t take my weight problem seriously

Reading Time: 3 minutes Since 1993, obesity levels have increased in the U.K. from 14.9% to 28.7%, and the percentage of adults who are either overweight or obese has

Healthier Weight 4 October, 2019 No Comments

General obesity

BBC News: Obesity does not reflect lack of willpower – psychologists

Reading Time: < 1 minute Here’s a really good article from the BBC. They quote a report by psychologists that states that obesity does not reflect a lack of willpower.

Martyn Berrett 24 September, 2019 No Comments

NEW STUDY – 1 in 4 hospital beds will be occupied by someone with diabetes within 11 years.

Reading Time: 2 minutes The stories in the papers today merely repeat what we already knew, that as our weight increases, type 2 diabetes increases. Furthermore, this increase in

Martyn Berrett 18 September, 2019 No Comments