Along with many other organisations, ASO signed a joint statement to the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Health, and the interim leadership of Public Health England, raising serious concerns about the reorganisation of public health now underway. This follows recent announcements that PHE will cease to exist by April next year and be … Continued
Public Health England, in early September, issued guidelines for the calorie reduction programme, along with updated salt reduction targets, as an ongoing commitment to the reformulation programme. The programme is set to run until 2024 and, like sugar reduction, is a voluntary programme. Please find links to the following reduction and reformulation documents: Calorie reduction: … Continued
ASO’s East of England Regional Network will be presenting a new webinar on 23 September focusing on weight management and mental wellbeing. Join us at 6pm on Wednesday 23 September. Visit our webinar web page for more information and to register for free.
The Obesity Prevention Programme Team, NHS England and NHS Improvement requests your feedback: To meet our NHS Long Term Plan commitment on obesity we have been rapidly developing proposals for nationally commissioned NHS digital weight management services. We are soliciting views on these proposals before launching a procurement later this month, and look forward to … Continued
In collaboration with Leeds Beckett University, Leeds University and University College London, the Obesity and Healthy Weight team, PHE have published a report on supporting weight management services during the COVID-19 pandemic (phase I). This rapid research explores with service providers, commissioners and users how weight management services have adapted in response to the pandemic … Continued
Title: Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on weight management practices Participants: adults living in the UK, who report active engagement in a weight loss/weight loss maintenance attempt before lockdown. Am ASO member at the University of Sheffield is conducting a study investigating how weight management practices may have been affected by COVID-19. Anyone living in the UK … Continued
ASO will be presenting a new webinar on 27 August focusing on obesity and stugma Join us at 6pm on Thursday 27 August. Visit our webinar web page for more information and to register for free.
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Thank you to everyone who took part in and attended our second webinar on 30 July. The recordings from the webinar are now available to download and view. For more information click here. Novo Nordisk has provided sponsorship to the Association for the Study of Obesity (ASO) to fund all costs for the development of … Continued
The UK’s largest charity representing people living with obesity is today launching guidelines to change the way doctors speak about obesity. Obesity UK, which provides support to over 20,000 people with obesity in the UK, is publishing Language Matters: Obesity, the first ever guide to help doctors use more appropriate and helpful language when interacting … Continued