Useful Resources
Changes in the weight status of children between the first and final years of primary school
NICE guideline publication – Obesity: identification, assessment and management
A guideline that covers identifying, assessing and managing obesity in children (aged 2 years and over), young people and adults (added 13th September 2022)
National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP): trends in child body mass index 2006/07-2019/20 (official statistic)
A report that provides a review of the changes in children's body mass index (BMI) over specific time intervals (added 26th April 2021)
Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity
Report by an international group of Clinicians highlights how the caring professions are failing people with obesity (added 11th March 2020)
Adult excess weight: patterns and trends
Slide sets presenting the latest data on adult obesity in England (updated February 2021)
Child obesity: patterns and trends
Slide sets presenting the latest data on child obesity in England and the 9 English regions (updated February 2021)
Global atlas on childhood obesity (World Obesity Federation (WOF))
The first global atlas on childhood obesity by the World Obesity Federation (WOF)
Pediatric Obesity - Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline
About Obesity - Child and Adult (including slides and statistics)
Public Health England - National Obesity Observatory
Professional and scientific communities dedicated to solving the problems of obesity
NICE guidelines on type 1 and type 2 diabetes management in children
Government reports
Foresight report - Reducing obesity: future choices
Department of Health: Obesity publications for health professionals
NICE guidelines on obesity management
Diagnostic Approach in Severe Obesity - GOOS
Diagnostic Approach in Severe Obesity - GOOS