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Digital Weight Management Programme

About the programmeThe programme offers online access to weight management services to people living with obesity who also have a diagnosis of either diabetes, hypertension, or both.With three levels of support and a choice of providers, it is designed to offer service users a personalised level of support to help them manage their weight and improve longer term health outcomes.Who can be referred?Referrals to the programme are only for people that meet the following criteria:

• are over the age of 18
• have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more (adjusted to ≥27.5 for people from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds)
• have a diagnosis of diabetes (type 1 or type 2), hypertension or both.

Who cannot be referred?Any person that meets any of the following exclusion criteria should not be referred to the programme:

• recorded as having moderate or severe frailty
• is pregnant
• has an active eating disorder
• has had bariatric surgery in the last two years
• people for whom a weight management programme is considered to pose greater risk of harm than benefit.

NHS Digital Weight Management Programme (youtube.com)

What to expect once you have been referred.

What to expect when you enrol on to the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme (youtube.com)