Aims of the Counterweight Programme
- To achieve and maintain medically valuable weight loss of 5-10% or 5-10kgs
- To make sustainable changes to eating and physical activity behaviours
- Long term and achievable weight loss maintenance
- To improve health status
The Counterweight Programme/model is based on Counterweight Specialists (registered dietitians and nutritionists specialising in obesity management), working with Primary Care Trusts and Health Boards to train and support healthcare staff to to put the Counterweight Programme into practice. It is anticipated that each trained practitioner can enrol at least 25 patients in one year. (Counterweight aims to train 2 practitioners per practice and each practice therefore should enrol 50 patients in one year).