Doctor Referral of Overweight People to a Low-Energy Treatment (DROPLET) in primary care using total diet replacement products: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial. by Jebb, SA, Astbury, NM, Tearne, SL, Nickless, A, Aveyard, PN

“…If the intervention is effective, the results will be communicated to policymakers and commissioners of weight management services.</p>…”

Screening and brief intervention for obesity in primary care: a parallel, two-arm, randomised trial by Aveyard, P, Lewis, A, Tearne, S, Hood, K, Christian-Brown, A, Adab, P, Begh, R, Jolly, K, Daley, A, Farley, A, Lycett, D, Nickless, A, Yu, L, Retat, L, Webber, L, Pimpin, L, Jebb, S

“…In the active intervention, the physician offered referral to a weight management group (12 sessions of 1 h each, once per week) and, if the referral was accepted, the physician ensured the patient made an appointment and offered follow-up. …”

Screening and brief intervention for obesity in primary care: a parallel, two-arm, randomised trial. by Aveyard, P, Lewis, A, Tearne, S, Hood, K, Christian-Brown, A, Adab, P, Begh, R, Jolly, K, Daley, A, Farley, A, Lycett, D, Nickless, A, Yu, L, Retat, L, Webber, L, Pimpin, L, Jebb, S

“…In the active intervention, the physician offered referral to a weight management group (12 sessions of 1 h each, once per week) and, if the referral was accepted, the physician ensured the patient made an appointment and offered follow-up. …”

A brief behavioural intervention to promote regular self-weighing to prevent weight regain after weight loss: a RCT by Daley, A, Jolly, K, Madigan, C, Griffin, R, Roalfe, A, Lewis, A, Nickless, A, Aveyard, P

“…</p><br/> <p><strong>Participants:</strong><br/> Adults were recruited if they had attended a local authority-funded weight management programme and had lost ≥ 5% of their starting weight by the end of their weight loss programme.…”

Screening and brief intervention for obesity in primary care: cost-effectiveness analysis in the BWeL trial by Retat, L, Pimpin, L, Webber, L, Jaccard, A, Lewis, A, Tearne, S, Hood, K, Christian-Brown, A, Adab, P, Begh, R, Jolly, K, Daley, A, Farley, A, Lycett, D, Nickless, A, Yu, L-M, Jebb, S, Aveyard, P

“…<strong>Conclusions</strong> A brief intervention in which physicians opportunistically endorse, offer, and facilitate a referral to a behavioural weight management service to patients with a BMI of at least 30 kg/m2 reduces healthcare costs and improves health more than advising weight loss.…”

The equity impact of brief opportunistic interventions to promote weight loss in primary care: secondary analysis of the BWeL randomised trial by Graham, J, Tudor, K, Jebb, SA, Lewis, A, Tearne, S, Adab, P, Begh, R, Jolly, K, Daley, A, Farley, A, Lycett, D, Nickless, A, Aveyard, P

“…In the active intervention (support arm), the GP offered referral to a weight management group. In the control intervention (advice arm), the GP advised the patient that their health would benefit from weight loss. …”