Obesity Guidelines & Resources
NICE Guidelines
NICE (National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence) is an independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.
- Preventing obesity - a whole-system approach - consultation
The summary of the referred public health guidance on Preventing obesity - a whole-system approach. - Weight management for overweight and obese children: community interventions - consultation
The summary of the referred public health guidance on Weight management for overweight and obese children: community interventions. It links to the referred guidance and key documents - Weight management before, during and after pregnancy
The summary of the published public health guidance on Weight management before, during and after pregnancy. It links to the published guidance and key documents.
http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/13056/49926/49926.pdf - Obesity guidance on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children
http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/live/11000/30365/30365.pdf - Obesity: Guide to resources to support implementation
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/index.jsp?action=download&o=30372
Standard Evaluation Framework for weight management interventions
http://www.noo.org.uk/evaluation_portal/SEF
The aim of the Standard Evaluation Framework (SEF) is to support high quality, consistent evaluation of weight management interventions in order to increase the evidence base.
The SEF provides introductory guidance on the principles of evaluation, and lists ‘essential’ and ‘desirable’ criteria. Essential criteria are presented as the minimum recommended data for evaluating a weight management intervention. Desirable criteria are additional data that would enhance the evaluation. The supporting guidance describes why particular criteria have been categorised as essential or desirable, and gives further information on collecting data.
The SEF will be essential reading to those commissioning, running or evaluating weight management interventions.
The National Obesity Observatory (NOO)
The National Obesity Observatory was established to provide a single point of contact for wide-ranging authoritative information on data and evidence related to obesity, overweight, underweight and their determinants.
This specialist observatory is a member of the Association of Public Health Observatories and is sited alongside the South East Public Health Observatory. The National Obesity Observatory works closely with a wide range of organisations and provides support to policy makers and practitioners involved in obesity and related issues
http://www.noo.org.uk/
Obesity Learning Centre
The OLC is for those who work with tackling obesity. It allows you to share best practice, discuss issues with your peers and access resources to keep you aware of developments in healthy weight and obesity. The OLC is maintained by the National Heart Forum and funded by the Department of Health and the Department for Education.
http://www.obesitylearningcentre-nhf.org.uk/
