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C O M M E R C I A L F E AT U R E

THE NATIONAL MEDICAL WEIGHTLOSS PROGRAMME

Join a unique

community of

HCPs tackling

obesity…

Considering setting up a private weight loss service
but don’t know where to start?

hy not become part of a predicting that 90% of adults will
community of healthcare be in this category by 2050. This
professionals (HCPs) who is a terrifying statistic given that
can help you to establish and obesity has been found to reduce
Wdevelop a commercial business life expectancy and significantly
model, even in these uncertain times due to the increase the risk of cardio-
coronavirus pandemic. metabolic disease and various
By becoming a Certified Partner of The cancers.
National Medical Weight Loss Programme “Since the appearance of the
(NMWLP), registered healthcare professionals coronavirus we have known
can deliver standardised care to people living that significant co-morbidities
with obesity who want to achieve a healthy increase the risks of a more
weight. HCPs who join us will receive a wealth severe form of, and mortality
of training, business and marketing support, from, Covid-19. In the UK, 73%
plus benefits and discounts from our preferred of the first 5,500 critically
partners. ill patients were reported
The NMWLP was founded by Sandy Green, as overweight or obese”,
INP who wanted to increase the accessibility to explains Dr Capehorn. “The
medical weight loss programmes where national most interesting observation
health services are no longer available. is that the UK population
Training on the medical management of appears to be over-indulging
overweight and obesity was co-authored and is during their period of
part delivered by Dr Matt Capehorn, an expert lockdown, instead of taking
adviser to the National Institute for Clinical the opportunity to go on a
Excellence (NICE) on obesity, a professional ‘health-kick’.”
adviser to the Obesity Empowerment Network You may also have
and part of the author group for RCGP- recognised that people are
accredited obesity educational courses. eating more and exercising
The CPD-certified training course is also less while we have
accredited by the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) restrictions on normal life.
and the World Obesity Federation, through This can only increase the
the Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional numbers of overweight and
Education (SCOPE). obese individuals, meaning
that there is no better time to
OBESITY IS A GROWING PROBLEM set up a medically-supervised
According to recent NHS data, over two thirds weight-loss service. Using
of the UK adult population are classed as either video consultations, HCPs
overweight or obese. At this rate, experts are can safely, legally and ethically

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