Weight Management Services in North Northants

We sought to understand your awareness and experiences of local weight management services, and the type of adult weight management support you would like to access in order to inform Public Health of local preferences to those services.

307 responses were received.

The participant sample was characterised as being predominantly white British women, with the largest age group being 50-64 years old. Most of the participants did not have any dietary preferences. Most of the respondents were aware of the council commissioned service Slimming World and many had accessed Slimming World for weight management support.

Our analysis found that the main barriers to accessing a service to support with managing weight were cost, time, motivation, confidence, and fear of failure. Of the services that respondents had accessed, the features that were perceived to be most beneficial were location, time of sessions, ongoing support, course leader, goal tracking e.g., weigh-ins and course content – nutrition.  

When asked what type of support people would like from a weight management service, nearly half of the respondents said they would like group sessions in person, and a quarter of respondents said one to one support in person. Online/video calls and self-led online service were least favourable.

All feedback will help and support Public Health when reviewing and commissioning future support services.