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ea0019p76 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2009

The ‘new start’ weight loss programme: developing and piloting a real world intervention for patients with severe morbid obesity

Douek IF , Andrews RC , Watson S , Grant T , Edmond JR

Background: In a research setting, complex behavioural interventions are effective in changing lifestyle behaviour and inducing weight loss. However, these are viewed as requiring a high number of different health care professionals to be successful and thus few are available in the NHS setting. Here we describe how we developed and piloted a complex behavioural intervention for participants with severe morbid obesity.Methods: Using input from a psycholo...