Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association
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Obesity is on the increase yet within the National Health Service (NHS) treatment approaches differ greatly and service is patchy. Our aim was to compare current practice within a general dietetic clinic with a new clinic developed specifically for patients of higher morbidity risk. ⋯ Lifestyle clinics facilitate beneficial lifestyle changes which impact positively on morbidity risk factors demonstrating an improvement on current service offered within the NHS. There is an obvious resource implication of offering an intensive management package. There is need for a randomized control trial with analysis to evaluate whether there is cost benefit from this type of intervention.