How significant obesity 10 yr survival rate compares with 10 year survival rates for different cancers. We wouldn't limit treatments for those would we...... All About Obesity

Absolutely fascinating. I wonder now about the usual message re obesity of “we can’t treat ourselves out of this” Well….maybe we can?

#ASOI2024Conf The social desire for thinness can help drive weight bias. So many stereotypes - people of higher weight considered lazy, less intelligent. Creates US v Them and is discriminatory. But few countries protect this or support people.

“The collaboration with Lilly aims to set the stage for Government to work with industry to trial innovative approaches to treating obesity as part of a rounded package of care” Potential here to benefit people in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 as part of the collab including devolved administrations:

Among 4,052 adolescents with #obesity who initiated treatment with a GLP1RA, a 33% lower risk of suicidal ideation or attempts after at least 12 months & at up to 3 years of follow-up was observed relative to propensity matched controls JAMA Pediatrics jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

Very proud of our team! The educators that deliver the service to NHS Lothian patients are so passionate and dedicated to what they do. Well done to everyone!🥳👏🏻

Thank you to Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow President for choosing obesity as the focus this year for conference; the range of speakers and topics covered was impressive. We still have a lot of work to do to make better treatment more accessible so we better get to it! 💪🏻

So good to meet teams shortlisted for their innovations using NHSNearMe Laurie Eyles RD

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📣 NEWS: We’re excited to announce that the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) has published new clinical guidelines on the prevention and remission of #type2diabetes in Scotland! But what does this mean? 👇

Dear BBC Newsline - yet again I have to ask you to stop using these types of images. Showing 'headless' shots of people living with obesity just going about their day - it is dehumanising and drives weight stigma. And no-one is 'being obese' - same as no-one is being cancerous.

💔 "Double Trouble" #type1diabetes & visceral adiposity In SFDT1 (n=1,482), half had overweight or obesity But WHtR ≥ 0.5 was a better risk signal than BMI: 📊 High CV risk in: • 13% with WHtR ≥ 0.5 • 4% with WHtR < 0.5 👀 Even men with “normal” BMI were high risk if WHtR

We’re considering a review of the current Food, Fluid and Nutritional Care standards and the Complex Nutritional Care standards. We’d like your views on the current standards and any areas for potential changes. To share your views, the link to our survey is in the comments.

A new programme with funding of up to £85m from government and Lilly will help tackle obesity in the UK. Funding for this competition is from DSIT (£50 million) and Lilly (£35 million) via a grant. NHS organisations can apply for a share, helping build an NHS fit for the future.

Interesting updated population data ⬇️

Our NHSL Dietetics team hosted Ms Minto last week to talk about our award winning type 2 diabetes prevention programme. See details below ⬇️ 😃