Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Kevin Barron (Labour), on Tuesday, 2 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 59 members in total.

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NATIONAL OBESITY FORUM AND THE MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF WEIGHT LOSS

That this House notes that the levels of obesity in the United Kingdom continue to increase with serious implications for the quality of life of millions of people and for the National Health Service; welcomes the publication on 2 June 2009 by the National Obesity Forum of Medical Management During Effect Weight Loss as a useful tool which provides outline guidance for healthcare practitioners caring for patients during effective weight loss following surgical interventions and non-surgical methods such as drugs, part-formula low calorie diets and very low-calorie diets; believes that this publication will be a valuable resource for general practitioners to enable them to give the best possible advice to patients seeking and achieving significant weight loss based on sound science and best medical evidence; and congratulates the authors, Dr David Haslam, Dr Colin Waine and Dr Anthony Leeds on their work.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1581 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Malcolm Moss

Denis Murphy

John Pugh

John Cummings

Sandra Gidley

Subjects

Health services Obesity

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk