Healthy Weight HIT News
Supporting childbearing women to maintain a healthy weight could reduce the risk of pregnancy complications, study finds
Supporting women of childbearing age to have a healthy weight could reduce the risk…
Diet in childhood linked to blood vessel damage in teenage years
Diets high in calories, fat and sugar in childhood can cause damage to blood vessel…
Light physical activity shows great promise in reversing childhood obesity caused by being sedentary
Increased sedentary time from childhood through young adulthood caused increased body fat and abdominal fat…
Type 2 diabetes remission diet impacts on metabolic health
People with type 2 diabetes who took part in a diet-assisted weight loss trial,…
Few eligible patients get access to publicly funded weight management programmes in England
Of the more than 1.8 million adults in England with a recorded diagnosis of being…
NHS policies on patient's weight and access to hip replacement surgery are inappropriate, study finds
Weight and body mass index (BMI) policies introduced by NHS commissioning groups in England are…
Study shows children’s inactivity remains an issue in wake of pandemic
New research has revealed children’s physical activity in the UK has largely returned to…
Healthy Weight HIT 2022-23
Reducing inequalities in weight management pathways and practice People who suffer from poor mental health…
New public contributors join our Board and Research & Innovation Steering Group
Bristol Health Partners has strengthened its representation of ‘experts by experience’ at leadership level to…
HITS collaborate on healthy weight and mental health workshop
Colleagues from three Health Integration Teams (HITs) – Healthy Weight, Psychosis, and Adversity and Trauma…
Healthy Weight HIT welcomes new co-director
Dr Ruth Mears has been appointed as a new co-director for Bristol Health Partners’…
