New guidance to tackle obesity

Adults who are overweight or obese can improve their health by losing even a small amount of weight if they keep it off, according to health watchdog NICE.

The new guidance looks at how weight management programmes focusing on diet, activity and the way people live their lives, can help people who are overweight or obese.

Key components include setting realistic weight loss goals, ensuring the programme is at least 12 weeks long, and making sure the people running the programme are properly trained.

NICE are hoping that these practical recommendations will help people make life-long lifestyle changes so they lose weight, and most importantly help prevent those pounds from coming back.

Obesity increases the risk of serious conditions including diabetes, heart disease and some cancers, although the greater the weight loss, the greater the benefit - even a modest weight loss of 3% kept off for life may improve or prevent health problems.

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