What evidence is there to support the scheme?
The scheme was pioneered by Slimming World and Southern Derbyshire Health Authority The initial research study investigated the feasibility, practicalities and cost-effectiveness of referring patients from Primary Care into Slimming World groups1 (click to go to reference). As well as helping patients lose weight, significant improvements in mental well-being were reported after 12 weeks. Over 70% of those completing the free 12 weeks also went on to fund themselves. The service was shown to be far more cost-effective than drug treatment and also less expensive than many in-house options. • Almost 15,000 patient places have been purchased to date • Data from the first 2,100 members to finish 12 week programme 34% were considered to be morbidly obese Average attendance was 9.4 weeks (of 12) 64% completed the programme (10 of 12 weeks) Average weight loss of completers was 5.5% (4.2% across total population) 55% completers lost ≥ 5% body weight (39% of total population) Non-completers at
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