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Your doctor's surgery may be able to help you with weight loss.
Some doctors run obesity clinics or can refer you to a dietician
(more).
They will not be able to give you
any miracle diets, but you may find the support of being in a group, or from speaking to a dietician,
helpful. What is on offer varies from area to area, so contact your GP's surgery for information.
There are prescription-only drugs available to help obese people with a BMI of 30 or over to lose
weight loss. These are not, however, miracle drugs and need to be used in combination with a healthy
diet and exercise plan.
Weight loss drugs can only be prescribed for one year and they have the same problems as diets - if
you do not change your underlying behaviour you will put the weight back on again. For more details
follow the link below.
There is also surgery, available for people who are extremely obese (BMI 40 or over), but surgery
carries a risk of dangerous side-effects.
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