Oluboyede, Yemi
Smith, Adam B.
Hill, Andrew
Hulme, Claire
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Trainees Coordinating Centre (DFR/2009/02/101)
Article History
Accepted: 27 November 2018
First Online: 5 December 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Ethical approval was provided by the University of Leeds, School of Medicine Research Ethics Committee for both the adolescents and adult studies (Ref: HSLTLM/11/049).
: Both of the weight management services followed their own procedures for obtaining consent. All parents and carers of adolescents provided written or oral consent for adolescents to complete the WAItE. If parents did not object, then written or oral assent (under 16 years)/consent (16 years plus) for all participating adolescents was obtained. Anonymised datasets were provided directly from weight management organisations who adhered to strict security protocols. Adult participants who were recruited from a consumer panel provided consent to the market research company to be approached and complete web surveys.