Healthy Weight HIT News
Honorary degree for local health equity champion
Subitha Baghirathan, a long-standing Bristol Health Partners collaborator, has been awarded an honorary degree by…
New genetic analysis predicts risk of adult obesity from childhood
A new genetic analysis using data from over five million people has provided a…
Impact Review 2024-25: Healthy Weight HIT
Community events and outreach Thanks to connections with Breathing Fire (Black Women’s Playback Theatre Company)…
Study estimates proportion of adolescents living with overweight and obesity in England has increased by 50% between 2008 and 2023
The proportion of adolescents living with overweight or obesity in England has increased by…
Landmark research recommends gastric bypass for people with severe obesity undergoing surgery
Gastric bypass is the most clinically and cost effective form of interventional surgery for…
Signposting children to weight management services could happen when parents attend an adult programme
Parents attending an adult weight management programme, who were worried about their child’s weight,…
Ultra-processed food makes up almost two-thirds of calorie intake of UK adolescents
Adolescents consume around two-thirds of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs) new research from…
Healthy Weight HIT 2023-24
Generating evidence to improve weight management practice HIT co-director Karen Coulman has published research…
Family and media pressure to lose weight in adolescence linked to how people value themselves almost two decades later
People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media,…
Co-designing health services – what should commissioners consider?
Building relationships, creating supportive organisational cultures and developing the evidence base are key considerations for…
International Women's Day 2024: Shining a spotlight on women’s health
March 2, 2024, saw another amazing staging of Bristol’s Women’s Voice’s annual International Women’s Day…
