Weight loss programmes can help people achieve remission of type 2 diabetes (T2D). People from underserved communities are less likely to participate in—and may experience poorer outcomes from—weight loss programmes than people from healthier populations already better served by healthcare systems. Unless health services including weight management programmes are based on the needs of the people most in need of them, health inequalities may get worse. Here we describe how PPIE—with a specific focus on reaching the most underserved communities—has shaped a new weight management service for T2D remission and impacted the study design, stimulating new ideas to further engagement and enhance outcomes from remission programmes more broadly. We assess our approach against the UK Standards for Public Involvement in Research and the Diabetes UK Addressing Health Inequalities in Diabetes Through Research guidance, and reflect upon achievements and areas for further development.

The NHS Path to Remission (PtR) offers a total diet replacement (TDR) programme to help people newly-diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (T2D) lose weight.…

We critically reflect on ethical challenges of making, accessing, and using audio/video recordings for social research in which participants have not and/or cannot provide informed consent. We dist...

Cambridge Core - Epidemiology Public Health and Medical Statistics - Essential Lifestyle Medicine

This thesis puts forward a strong argument for why more up-to-date interactional research is needed into disputes and why disciplines, methodological approaches and theories should come second to the ...