Barrett, Simon
Haffner, Stella JP.
McSweeney, Lorraine
Rothwell, Charlotte
Fong, Mackenzie
Jebb, Susan A.
Indulkar, Tejal
Taylor, Katharine
Adamson, Ashley J.
Heath, Laura
Aveyard, Paul
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North East and North Cumbria (NIHR200173)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North East and North Cumbria (NIHR200173)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North East and North Cumbria (NIHR200173)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North East and North Cumbria (NIHR200173)
National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley
NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
Article History
Received: 20 February 2025
Accepted: 5 January 2026
First Online: 23 January 2026
Declarations
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: The NHS Ethics Service declared that the assessment of service experience via survey data did not constitute research but service improvement and therefore was not eligible for approval.The qualitative interview component of the study was approved by the Health Research Authority Queen Square Research Ethics Committee (23/PR/0910). All participants were informed of the purpose of the survey and agreed to participate and share their data anonymously. They were asked for additional consent to leave their contact details for the interview study, and all interview participants gave informed consent for anonymized data to be recorded and shared.This study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki in respect of research conducted on humans and/or human data.
: Not Applicable.
: PA and SAJ were investigators in a publicly funded trial where Nestle donated total diet replacement products to support weight loss. All remaining authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.