NHS hospital treatment for obesity has quadrupled over the past decade as almost 1.9million hospital episodes were recorded over 2023/24. The sharp increase, which is up from 442,083 episodes in ...

The way we think about obesity is changing. A new definition and diagnostic framework for obesity has been put forward in a commission published by The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, recognizing ...

NHS figures suggest hospital treatments for obese patients have quadrupled in a decade - rising from 442,083 in 2013/14 to almost 1.9 million in 2023/24. The rising cost of obesity on the nation ...

The medicines watchdog has agreed the drugs are safe and cost-effective for NHS use. Last year, semaglutide was approved for treating obesity under the brand name Wegovy. It has also been licensed ...

Tens of millions of people will now have their BMI checked and recorded by the NHS annually ... heart disease or other obesity-related conditions. Once implemented, these proposed quality ...

NEARLY 50million Brits will be fat by 2050 — costing the NHS an estimated £10billion a year — as global obesity rates soar to record levels, studies show. Experts predict that without urgent ...

But National Audit Office (NAO) figures suggest obesity is not solely a burden on the NHS. It can affect a person’s ability to work and their underlying mental health, the NAO said in a 2012 report.