Overweight and obesity management

Supporting evidence

• Evidence review

• D: Identifying overweight and obesity in children, young people and adults (PDF 2.43 MB)

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  14 January 2025

• E: Increasing uptake of weight management services in children, young people and adults   (PDF 2.88 MB)

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  14 January 2025

• F: Effectiveness of different diets in achieving and maintaining weight loss (PDF 4.38 MB)

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  14 January 2025

• G: Effectiveness and acceptability of weight management interventions in children and young people living with overweight and obesity (PDF 4.48 MB)

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  14 January 2025

• H: Effectiveness of healthy living programmes in preventing overweight and obesity in children and young people (PDF 5.59 MB)

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  14 January 2025

• I: Psychological approaches to address weight stigma in children, young people and adults (PDF 1.33 MB)

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  14 January 2025

• Evidence reviews

• CG189 C: Referral for bariatric surgery  (PDF 2.81 MB)

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  26 July 2023

• CG189 A: Accuracy of anthropometric measures in assessing health risks associated with overweight and obesity in adults  (PDF 4.09 MB)

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  08 September 2022

• CG189 B: Accuracy of anthropometric measures in assessing health risks associated with overweight and obesity in children and young people  (PDF 2.4 MB)

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  08 September 2022

• NG7 Evidence review 1: An evidence review of modifiable diet and physical activity components, and associated behaviours. Main Report (PDF 1.22 MB)

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  13 March 2015

• NG7 Evidence Review 1: An evidence review of modifiable diet and physical activity components, and associated behaviours. Appendix A to D (PDF 476 KB)

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  13 March 2015

• NG7 Evidence review 1: An evidence review of modifiable diet and physical activity components, and associated behaviours. Appendix E (PDF 371 KB)

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  13 March 2015

• NG7 Evidence review 1: An evidence review of modifiable diet and physical activity components, and associated behaviours. Appendix F (PDF 1.68 MB)

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  13 March 2015

• NG7 Evidence review 2: Qualitative evidence review of the most acceptable ways to communicate information about individually modifiable behaviours to help maintain a healthy weight or prevent excess weight gain. Main Report (PDF 987 KB)

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  13 March 2015

• NG7 Evidence review 2: Qualitative evidence review of the most acceptable ways to communicate information about individually modifiable behaviours to help maintain a healthy weight or prevent excess weight gain. Appendix (PDF 408 KB)

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  13 March 2015

• PH53 Evidence review 1a: The clinical effectiveness of long-term weight management schemes for adults (PDF 3.1 MB)

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  28 May 2014

• PH53 Evidence review 1b: How components of behavioural weight management programmes affect weight change (PDF 2.7 MB)

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  28 May 2014

• PH53 Evidence review 1c: Weight regain after behavioural weight management programmes (PDF 1.79 MB)

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  28 May 2014

• PH53 Evidence review 2: Managing overweight and obese adults (PDF 2.95 MB)

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  28 May 2014

• PH47 Evidence review 1: Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of lifestyle weight management services for children and young people (PDF 1.57 MB)

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  23 October 2013

• PH47 Evidence review 1 appendices: Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of lifestyle weight management services for children and young people (PDF 1.82 MB)

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  23 October 2013

• PH47 Evidence review 2: Barriers and facilitators to implementing lifestyle weight management programmes for children and young people (PDF 1.29 MB)

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  23 October 2013

• PH47 Evidence review 2 appendices: Barriers and facilitators to implementing lifestyle weight management programmes for children and young people (PDF 1.17 MB)

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  23 October 2013

• PH42 Review 1: Identifying the key elements and interactions of a whole system approach to obesity prevention (PDF 657 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Review 2 - The effectiveness of whole system approaches to prevent obesity (PDF 566 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Review 3 - Barriers and facilitators to effective whole system approaches (PDF 452 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Review 4 - Review of cost effectiveness evidence (PDF 429 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• Other supporting evidence

• Economic model report (PDF 1.04 MB)

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  14 January 2025

• Inequality analysis of health outcomes of different diets in achieving and maintaining weight loss (PDF 580 KB)

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  14 January 2025

• Methods (PDF 455 KB)

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  14 January 2025

• Expert report 1: ADDITION-Leicester Study (PH46) (PDF 515 KB)

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  03 July 2013

• Expert report 2: Analyses from the SABRE cohort study (PH46) (PDF 231 KB)

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  03 July 2013

• External evidence review and appendices (PH46) (PDF 2.65 MB)

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  03 July 2013

• Surveillance report

• Surveillance report 2018 – Obesity: identification, assessment and management (2014) NICE guideline CG189 and BMI: preventing ill health and premature death in black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups (2013) NICE guideline PH46

• Appendix A1: Summary of evidence from surveillance (PH46) (PDF 436 KB)

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  24 May 2018

• Appendix A2: Summary of evidence from surveillance (CG189) (PDF 1.48 MB)

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  24 May 2018

• Appendix B: Stakeholder consultation comments table (PH46 and CG189) (PDF 1.25 MB)

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  24 May 2018

• Appendix 1: PH45 Stakeholder responses (PDF 226 KB)

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  26 May 2017

• Surveillance report (2017) – Obesity: working with local communities (2012) NICE guideline PH42

• Surveillance report 2017 – Obesity prevention (2006) NICE guideline CG43

• Surveillance report 2017 – Preventing excess weight gain (2015) NICE guideline NG7

• Appendix 1: Evidence summary (PDF 397 KB)

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  31 March 2017

• Appendix 2: References (PDF 211 KB)

  Published:

  31 March 2017

• Surveillance report 2017 – Weight management: lifestyle services for overweight or obese children and young people (2013) NICE guideline PH47

• Appendix 1: Evidence summary (PDF 686 KB)

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  31 March 2017

• Appendix 2: References (PDF 202 KB)

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  31 March 2017

• Surveillance report 2017 – Weight management: lifestyle services for overweight or obese adults (2014) NICE guideline PH53

• Appendix 1: Evidence summary (PDF 417 KB)

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  31 March 2017

• Appendix 2: References (PDF 163 KB)

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  31 March 2017

• Evaluation report

• NG7 Report 1: Cost effectiveness considerations from a population modelling viewpoint (PDF 476 KB)

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  19 March 2015

• Full guidance

• CG189 Full guideline - November 2014 (PDF 2.52 MB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix A: Scope (PDF 4.67 MB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix B: Declarations of interest (PDF 215 KB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix C: Review protocols (PDF 242 KB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendices D to E: Clinical and economic article selection (PDF 510 KB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix F: Literature search strategies (PDF 156 KB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix G: Clinical evidence tables (PDF 682 KB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix H: Economic evidence tables (PDF 228 KB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix I: Forest plots (PDF 301 KB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix J: Excluded clinical studies (PDF 354 KB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix K: Excluded economic studies (PDF 145 KB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix L: Research recommendations (PDF 196 KB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix M: Evidence for NICE guideline CG43 (PDF 8.55 MB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix N: Scope for NICE guideline CG43 (PDF 7.14 MB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix O: GRADE tables (PDF 284 KB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix P: NICE guideline CG43 (PDF 1.53 MB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG189 Appendix Q: Recommendations from NICE guideline CG43 (deleted or changed) (PDF 235 KB)

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  27 November 2014

• CG43 Full guideline, section 1 - introduction, methods and recommendations (PDF 1.69 MB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, section 2 - identification and classification: evidence statements and reviews (PDF 295 KB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, section 3 - prevention: evidence statements and reviews (PDF 719 KB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, section 4 - management of in non clinical settings: evidence statements and reviews (PDF 119 KB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, section 5a - management of in clinical settings (children): evidence statements and reviews (PDF 334 KB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, section 5b - management of in clinical settings (adults): evidence statements and reviews (PDF 3.55 MB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, section 6 - health economics: evidence statements and reviews (PDF 664 KB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, appendices 1 to 3 (PDF 754 KB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, appendices 4 to 5 (PDF 934 KB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, appendices 6 to 8 (PDF 790 KB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, appendix 9 (PDF 533 KB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, appendices 10 to 11 (PDF 918 KB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, appendix 12 (PDF 486 KB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, appendices 13 to 14 (PDF 778 KB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, appendix 13 abbreviations (PDF 17 KB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, appendix 15 (PDF 1.42 MB)

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  20 November 2007

• CG43 Full guideline, appendices 16 to 18 (PDF 1.52 MB)

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  20 November 2007

• Evidence statement

• PH53 Evidence statements: Overweight and obese adults – lifestyle weight management (PDF 220 KB)

  Published:

  28 May 2014

• Expert reports

• PH53 Expert paper 1 - Jane Ogden (PDF 204 KB)

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  27 May 2014

• PH53 Expert paper 2 - Rachel Holt (PDF 615 KB)

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  27 May 2014

• PH53 Expert paper 3 - Rebecca Puhl (PDF 225 KB)

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  27 May 2014

• PH53 Expert paper 4 - Stephen Watkins (PDF 254 KB)

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  27 May 2014

• PH47 Expert paper 1: Findings of the former Childhood Obesity National Support Team (PDF 402 KB)

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  23 October 2013

• PH47 Expert paper 2: Implications of the transition of public health responsibilities to local government (PDF 308 KB)

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  23 October 2013

• PH47 Expert paper 3: Psychological considerations for lifestyle weight management programmes for children and young people, and the use of behaviour change theories (PDF 293 KB)

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  23 October 2013

• PH47 Expert paper 4: Choosing outcome measures for lifestyle weight management programmes for children (PDF 12 KB)

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  23 October 2013

• PH47 Expert paper 5: A population-level evaluation of a family-based community intervention for childhood overweight and obesity (PDF 10 KB)

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  23 October 2013

• PH47 Expert paper 6: Effective Behavioural Components for Childhood weight management programmes (PDF 322 KB)

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  23 October 2013

• PH42 Expert paper 1: Plamping and Pratt (PDF 356 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 2: Bauld (PDF 175 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 3: Chapman (PDF 220 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 4: Allender (PDF 155 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 5: Hastie (PDF 265 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 6: Lingwood (PDF 216 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 7: White (PDF 360 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 8: Pearce and Renton (PDF 172 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 9: Trenchard-Mabere (PDF 433 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 10: Sawal (PDF 194 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 11: Schuller (PDF 3.58 MB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 12: Weir (PDF 1.06 MB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 13: Taylor (PDF 126 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 14: Pearce (PDF 232 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 15: Dix (PDF 142 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 16: Coggins (PDF 157 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 17: Messenger (PDF 139 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 18: Exworthy (PDF 570 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• PH42 Expert paper 19: Swinburn (PDF 355 KB)

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  24 June 2011

• Review decision

• CG43 Review decision - 2011 (PDF 705 KB)

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  13 December 2011