Useful links
You may find the following healthcare related links useful.
Please note that the links below are to external websites which are
not connected to Bupa Cromwell Hospital (see disclaimer).
Total Weight
Solutions
The team behind the BCH Weight Management Centre
Mr Ahmed Ahmed site
Diabetes
Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for
people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping
people live with the condition.
Eating Disorders
The International Eating
Disorders Centre
The International Eating Disorders Centre provides comprehensive
multi-disciplinary rehabilitation programmes with the expertise
required to enable clients to return to fully functioning normal
lives following an eating disorder.
Eating Disorders
Support
A self-help organisation whose aim is to provide help and
support for anyone affected by eating disorders
Food and Nutrition
The British Dietetic Association
Established in 1936, was formed to provide training and
facilities for Dietitians.
The Nutrition Society
With the aim to advance the scientific study of nutrition
and its application to the maintenance of human and animal
health.
Organisations
BOSPA
British Obesity Surgery Patients Association was launched in
December 2003 to provide support and information to the thousands
of patients in the UK for whom obesity surgery can provide an
enormous benefit.
NICE
An independent organisation responsible for providing national
guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill
health.
Pharmaceutical Companies
Orlistat (Xenical)
Xenical is a prescription medication that can
help considerably overweight people lose weight and keep it
off.
Meridia
(Subutramine)
Meridia is a prescription medication that's
used along with a reduced-calorie diet to help people lose weight
and keep it off.
Rimonabant (Acomplia)
Rimonabant reduces cravings for sweet or
fatty types of foods and helps control hunger and decrease
appetite. This again helps decrease the overall calorie intake and
results in weight loss.