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NICE's recommendation that every obese or overweight person should be eligible for a slimming club was slated as too expensive - but how much would the NHS save if it worked?
There was something of an outcry over the suggestion by NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) last week that everybody who is obese or seriously overweight should be eligible for Weight Watchers or a similar slimming club, paid for by the NHS. That, the Telegraph pointed out, would be two-thirds of the population. A three-month course, at local authority discounted rates, would cost around £53 a person. It certainly adds up to a lot of money, even if we are talking only about England, where the NICE guidance applies.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/the-shape-we-are-in-blog/2014/jun/03/obesity-diets-dieting2
There was something of an outcry over the suggestion by NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) last week that everybody who is obese or seriously overweight should be eligible for Weight Watchers or a similar slimming club, paid for by the NHS. That, the Telegraph pointed out, would be two-thirds of the population. A three-month course, at local authority discounted rates, would cost around £53 a person. It certainly adds up to a lot of money, even if we are talking only about England, where the NICE guidance applies.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/the-shape-we-are-in-blog/2014/jun/03/obesity-diets-dieting2