News and Opinion
There are stories relating to obesity breaking around the world every day. The stories below are those where journalists haver sought NOF opnion/quotes or summaries of research on which NOF may have a view. Where possible the source of the stories are identified by the newspaper banner or a URL in red.
NOF Opinion will always be identified in italics.
GPs must talk " weight " daily
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- Published on Friday, 10 February 2012
A plea for GPs to discuss " weight issues " during the final minute of every has been made by NOF Chair, Professor David Haslam at a Westminster conference on obesity [see GP 08 Feb 2012]. His words echoed a similar recommendation made to the Government by Professor Steve Field in a recent NHS Future Forum report [see the Guardian, 31 Dec 2011, & the Daily Telegraph, 10 Jan 2012]. In the report Field called for all health professionals [HPs] to " make every contact count " even if a weight concern was not the primary reason for the consultation. In a DH satement [10 Jan 2012] Andrew Lansley accepts the Forum's proposal in principle and will consult on a new responsibility for HPs to promote healthy living through their day-to-day contact with patients.
Watch this space.....