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Recommendation 17
17
Deferred
Fund research into tackling obesity, eliminating weight stigma, and weight-neutral interventions.
Recommendation
There needs to be further research to establish how best to tackle obesity while eliminating weight stigma and discrimination, and to establish the efficacy of weight- neutral interventions, and we recommend that the National Institute for Health Research put aside funding for this purpose. (Paragraph 97) Non-surgical cosmetic procedures
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response outlines plans to consider specific premises standards for non-surgical cosmetic procedures and work with the CQC to ensure consistency, but does not address the recommendation for the National Institute for Health Research to fund research on tackling obesity and weight stigma.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
NIHR has a large portfolio of research that seeks to understand how best to support people to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. This includes: research on weight management interventions for individuals with unwanted weight large-scale evaluations of population-level policies to support healthier eating such as the Soft Drinks Industry Levy assessment of local policies such as the ban on advertising of food and drink high in fat, salt or sugar on the Transport for London network NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including tackling weight stigma and discrimination, and lifestyle interventions to support health. It is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of: the importance of the topic to patients, and health and care services value for money scientific quality
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