Obese adults can improve health by losing even small amount of weight

Adults who are overweight or obese can improve their health by losing even a small amount of weight, according to health watchdog NICE. Obesity increases the risk of serious conditions including diabetes, heart disease and some cancers, but even a modest weight loss of 3% kept off for life may improve or prevent health problems. New guidance published by NICE looks at how lifestyle weight management programmes focusing on diet, and the way people live their lives (behaviour change) can help people who are overweight or obese to lose weight and to keep it off. Professor Mike Kelly, director of