Weight Watchers on prescription: An observational study of weight change among adults referred to Weight Watchers by the NHS
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Weight Watchers on prescription: An observational study of weight change among adults referred to Weight Watchers by the NHS
BACKGROUND The scale of overweight and obesity in the UK places a considerable burden on the NHS. In some areas the NHS has formed partnerships with commercial companies to offer weight management services, but there has been little evaluation of these schemes.This study is an independent audit of the Weight Watchers NHS Referral scheme and evaluates the weight change of obese and overweight ad...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-434