title: Weight management in primary care: the Counterweight Project.
abstract: Obesity is a serious public health problem in the UK and needs to be tackled both at an environmental and an individual patient level. The Counterweight Project is a structured general practice programme and the first large-scale practice nurse-led intervention aimed at improving the management of obesity in primary care. Preliminary results suggest 40% of patients completing the weight management aspect of the programme achieve and maintain a 5% loss of initial body weight at 12 months. The project is led by a board of consultants from across the UK, is facilitated by dietitians and involves 80 general practices.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition and Dietetic Research Group, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Felicity
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lyons
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009765:Obesity / Q000451:nursing*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom