Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Central Lancashire (PhD bursary)
Article History
Received: 27 July 2018
Accepted: 10 January 2019
First Online: 4 March 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from NRES sub-committee in North East York – Research Ethics Committee number 14/NE/0064 - and was approved by all research governance departments within NHS Trusts. Informed verbal consent was obtained and agreement implied on completion and return of the questionnaire, this was approved by the NRES ethics committee. Age was collected in five-year age groups on the advice of the NRES ethics committee to maintain patient confidentiality. Licences and permissions to use the different scales was obtained, as necessary. The qualitative study reported in the methods section of this study was approved by NRES Committee North West – Greater Manchester West 11/NW/0006 and by all research governance departments within NHS Trusts.
: Not applicable.
: GR was in receipt of a PhD bursary from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) and was employed by the NHS Trust where the study was based, she now works for a public obesity service in Australia. PD, JR and AM were GR’s PhD supervisors.
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