All links accessed March 1 2018

1. Public Health England. Guidance: 'Health matters: obesity and the food environment'. Published 31 March 2017. - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/health-matters-obesity-and-the-food-environment/health-matters-obesity-and-the-food-environment--2

2. NHS Digital. 'Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet - England, 2017'. Published March 30 2017. - http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB23742

3. NHS Choices. 'Britain: the fat man of Europe'. Published online November 6 2015. - https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/loseweight/Pages/statistics-and-causes-of-the-obesity-epidemic-in-the-UK.aspx

4. Department of Health and Social Care. 'Government Response to the House of Commons Health Select Committee report on Childhood obesity: Follow-up, Seventh Report of Session 2016-17'. January 2018. - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/673314/HSC_gov_response_-_Childhood_obesity-follow_up.pdf

5. Cancer Research UK. 'Millennials top obesity chart before reaching middle age'. February 26 2018. - http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/press-release/2018-02-26-millennials-top-obesity-chart-before-reaching-middle-age

6. Dr C Paddison. Blog post. 'Cuts to public health: why spending less will cost the NHS more'. Nuffield Trust. Published online July 12 2017. - https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/cuts-to-public-health-why-spending-less-will-cost-the-nhs-more#measuring-our-success-so-far

7. NHS Choices. 'What are the health benefits of losing weight?'. Published October 1 2015. - https://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/848.aspx

8. NHS Choices. 'Obesity'. Page last reviewed June 15 2016. - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/obesity/

9. NHS Digital. 'Health Survey for England, 2015: Trend tables'. Published December 14 2016. - http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB22616

10. Cancer Research UK. 'How being overweight causes cancer'. Last reviewed July 22 2016. - http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/obesity-weight-and-cancer/how-being-overweight-causes-cancer

11. E Shields. Science Blog. 'Does losing weight reduce the risk of cancer?'. Cancer research UK. February 26 2018. - http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2018/02/26/does-losing-weight-reduce-the-risk-of-cancer/

12. NICE Clinical guideline CG189. 'Obesity: identification, assessment and management'. November 2014. - https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg189

13. British Heart Foundation. 'Managing your weight'. - https://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-health/preventing-heart-disease/managing-your-weight

14. NHS Choices. 'South Asian health issues'. Page last reviewed: March 14 2016. - https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/SouthAsianhealth/Pages/Overview.aspx

15. Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. 'Measuring Up. The Medical Profession's Prescription for the Nation's Obesity Crisis'. February 18 2013. - http://www.aomrc.org.uk/publications/reports-guidance/measuring-up-0213

16. NICE. Public health guideline PH53. 'Weight management: lifestyle services for overweight or obese adults'. Published May 2014. - https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph53

17. NHS Choices/British Dietetic Association. 'Top diets review for 2017'. Published December 15 2016. - https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/loseweight/Pages/top-10-most-popular-diets-review.aspx

18. PSNC. Weight Management services. - http://psnc.org.uk/services-commissioning/locally-commissioned-services/weight-management-services/

19. Public Health England. Collection: 'Weight management: guidance for commissioners and providers'. Last updated November 1 2017. - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/weight-management-guidance-for-commissioners-and-providers

20. CPPE Learning programmes and assessments. 'Weight management'. Released October 2016. - https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/weightman-k-04

21. J Jones. 'How I ran a successful pharmacy weight management service'. Independent Community Pharmacist. - http://www.independentpharmacist.co.uk/how-i-ran-a-successful-pharmacy-weight-management-service

22. NICE. Technology appraisal guidance TA494. 'Naltrexone€“bupropion for managing overweight and obesity'. Published December 12 2017. - https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ta494