Graham, J.
Tudor, K.
Jebb, S. A.
Lewis, A.
Tearne, S.
Adab, P.
Begh, R.
Jolly, K.
Daley, A.
Farley, A.
Lycett, D.
Nickless, A.
Aveyard, P.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Prevention Initiative, Medical Research Council
Article History
Received: 28 August 2018
Accepted: 8 February 2019
First Online: 1 March 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The trial had approval from the NHS Research Ethics Service and is registered ISRCTN: 26563137. Informed consent was gained from all trial participants.This work uses data provided by patients and collected by the NHS as part of their care and support and would not have been possible without access to this data. The NIHR recognises and values the role of patient data, securely accessed and stored, both in underpinning and leading to improvements in research and care.
: Slimming World and Rosemary Conley donated free weight loss programmes to support the trial by covering NHS treatment costs but otherwise had no role in the study or the decision to submit the manuscript. PAv and SAJ are investigators on a trial funded by Cambridge Weight Plan. PAv and SAJ have conducted another publicly funded trial where Weight Watchers donated free weight loss sessions to the NHS to support NHS treatment costs and where Weight Watchers paid for additional biochemical analyses. DL and PAv were investigators on a publicly funded trial where Slimming World donated treatment programmes to the NHS in support of NHS treatment costs. PAv has done half a day of consultancy for Weight Watchers and received no personal payment. All other authors declare no competing interests bar the involvement of Slimming World and Rosemary Conley in the trial. None of the investigators received personal payments for these relationships.
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