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This guideline covers preventing children, young people and adults becoming overweight or obese. It outlines how the NHS, local authorities, early years’ settings, schools and workplaces can increase physical activity levels and make dietary improvements among their target populations.
This guideline covers how local communities, with support from local organisations and networks, can help prevent people from becoming overweight or obese or help them lose weight. It aims to support sustainable and community-wide action to achieve this.
This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing obesity in children (aged 2 years and over), young people and adults.
All NICE products on obesity. Includes any guidance and quality standards.
This quality standard covers assessing and managing obesity in adults, young people and children, including referral for specialist care and bariatric (weight loss) surgery. It includes people who are obese and have, or are at risk of, other medical conditions. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS127
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- Quality statement 1: Informing people of their BMI
- Quality statement 2: Discussion on the choice of interventions
- Quality statement 3: Referring children and young people for specialist care
- Quality statement 4: Referring adults with type 2 diabetes for bariatric surgery assessment
- Quality statement 5: Referring adults for bariatric surgery assessment
- Quality statement 6: Follow-up care after bariatric surgery
- Quality statement 7: Nutritional monitoring after discharge from the bariatric surgery service
All NICE products on diet, nutrition and obesity. Includes any guidance, advice and quality standards.
Obesity in adults: prevention and lifestyle weight management programmes (QS111)
This quality standard covers preventing adults (aged 18 and over) from becoming overweight or obese. It includes strategies to increase physical activity and promote a healthy diet in the local population. It also covers lifestyle weight management programmes for adults who are overweight or obese. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS111
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- Quality statement 1: Vending machines
- Quality statement 2: Nutritional information at the point of choosing food and drink options
- Quality statement 3: Prominent placement of healthy options
- Quality statement 4: Maintaining details of local lifestyle weight management programmes
- Quality statement 5: Publishing performance data on local lifestyle weight management programmes
- Quality statement 6: Raising awareness of lifestyle weight management programmes
- Quality statement 7: Referral to a lifestyle weight management programme for people with comorbidities
Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome and obesity hypoventilation syndrome in over 16s (NG202)
This guideline covers the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS), obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with OSAHS (COPD–OSAHS overlap syndrome) in people over 16. It aims to improve recognition, investigation and treatment of these related conditions.
Obesity in children and young people: prevention and lifestyle weight management programmes (QS94)
This quality standard covers preventing children and young people (under 18) from becoming overweight or obese, including strategies to increase physical activity and promote a healthy diet in the local population. It also covers lifestyle weight management programmes for children and young people who are overweight or obese. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Sections for QS94
- Quality statements
- Quality statement 1: Vending machines
- Quality statement 2: Nutritional information at the point of choosing food and drink options
- Quality statement 3: Prominent placement of healthy options
- Quality statement 4: Maintaining details of local lifestyle weight management programmes
- Quality statement 5: Raising awareness of lifestyle weight management programmes
- Quality statement 6: Family involvement in lifestyle weight management programmes
- Quality statement 7: Evaluating lifestyle weight management programmes
Evidence-based recommendations on liraglutide (Saxenda) for managing overweight and obesity alongside a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity in adults.
Evidence-based recommendations on semaglutide (Wegovy) for managing overweight and obesity in adults.
In development [GID-NG10182] Expected publication date: TBC
In development [GID-TA11156] Expected publication date: 14 January 2025
Naltrexone–bupropion for managing overweight and obesity (TA494)
Evidence-based recommendations on naltrexone–bupropion (Mysimba) for managing overweight and obesity in adults.
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Setmelanotide for treating obesity and hyperphagia in Bardet-Biedl syndrome (HST31)
Evidence-based recommendations on setmelanotide (Imcivree) for treating obesity and hyperphagia in Bardet-Biedl syndrome in people 6 years and over, only if they are between 6 and 17 years when treatment starts.