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The implementation of the Counterweight Programme in Scotland, UK

2012; Oxford University Press; Volume: 29; Issue: suppl 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/fampra/cmr074

1460-2229

Anna Bell-Higgs, Naomi Brosnahan, Amanda Clarke, M. S. Dow, Susan Haynes, Graham Lyons, ELIZABETH L. MCCOMBIE, S. Mongia, P. A. Noble, M. F. Quinn, P.J. Regan, H. M. Ross, Frances E. Thompson, Anton H. M. Vermeulen, J. Broom, J.P.D. Reckless, Sudhesh Kumar, Michael E. J. Lean, Gary Frost, Nick Finer, David W. Haslam, David Morrison, B. Sloan, Philip McLoone,

Health Services Management and Policy

Background. The Counterweight Programme is a proven model for the management of obesity in the UK, evaluated over 5 years (2000–05) and demonstrating clinical and cost effectiveness. The Scottish Government commissioned three phases of Counterweight implementation during the period 2006–08. The first two phases linked the Counterweight Programme to a primary care cardiovascular disease prevention programme; the third phase was commissioned independent of other interventions.