Endocrine Abstracts

A 35-year-old lady presented 20 years ago with difficulty in walking. She was born in Newcastle and was brought up by her mother with no contact with father. Early childhood was further traumatised when mother moved in with a man affected from multiple sclerosis with whom she never adjusted. Consequently, she was placed with two foster parents but could not adjust there either. Two years earlier, she was admitted in hospital with drug overdose. By age 25, she had hypothyroidis...

AimsTo compare baseline demographical and anthropometrical characteristics of patients referred to the multi-disciplinary weight management clinic at University Hospital Nottingham during 2003 with patients referred in 2001, co- morbidities, treatments used and achievement of the desired outcome of realization of 5 or 10 percent weight loss sustained over a 6-month period of follow-up.Results and DiscussionWe...