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What treatments are available on the NHS to treat obesity?
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What treatments are available on the NHS to treat obesity?

There are different steps and treatment options at NHS to treat obesity. In this video, Mr. Ahmed Ahmed talks about the options that are available at NHS.

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What treatments are available in the NHS to treat obesity? The treatments that are available are determined by body mass index. For patients to be eligible for weight loss or bariatric surgery, their body mass index has to be over 35 and include an obesity related comorbidity. If their body mass index is over 40, they can be referred for weight loss surgery without having a comorbidity. If the co-morbidity is type 2 diabetes, they are eligible for weight loss surgery for a BMI of 30 or in fact a BMI of 27.5 if they're from a Southeast Asian background. This is because the NHS discovered many years ago that the treatment of obesity is the key thing when it comes to helping patients improve their diabetic status. If you can treat this quickly and effectively through a surgery, it is actually much more cost effective.

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