The Team
The Counterweight Project was launched in 2000 as the result of a national group of consultant physicians recognising the need to tackle obesity management in primary care.
Counterweight employs a committed team of healthcare professionals who work across the United Kingdom in obesity management. The team consists of a National Board, National Co-ordinator, Counterweight Specialists and a Data Manager/Programmer.
The Counterweight Board
The board is chaired by Professor J. Iain Broom and includes a highly informed clinically active group of senior academics from across the UK. All members of the board work in the field of obesity. The Counterweight Board manage and lead the Counterweight Project.
The Counterweight National Coordinator
Hazel Ross manages and leads the implementation of the Counterweight Programme across the UK.
The Counterweight Specialists
The team of weight management specialists (Counterweight Specialists) facilitate the programme implementation. (Previously Counterweight Specialists were known as Weight Management Advisers). They are all clinicians specialising in obesity management employed by Centre for Obesity Research and Epidemiology (CORE) in The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. All Counterweight Specialists are registered dietitians or nutritionists.
The Counterweight Data Manager/Programmer
Billy Sloan develops applications for the management of data for the Counterweight Programme.
For contact details of the Counterweight team see our 'Contact us' page.