SHARE study 1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A qualitative study of people’s experiences and needs after re-gaining weight and how current services address weight regain: The SHARE study
IRAS ID
328998
Contact name
Claire Madigan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Loughborough University
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 30 days
Research summary
Why is this study needed?
Many people take part in weight management programmes and manage to lose weight, but most put this weight back on over time. To help people better manage their weight, we need to understand what programmes are available to help people stop putting the weight back on after they have lost it and to find out the type of help people want and need.What do we want to find out?
1. What weight management services are available in England and how do they help people to keep the weight off over time?
2. What do those who oversee and refer people to weight management services think is needed to help people keep the weight off?
3. What experience of keeping the weight off do people from different backgrounds have and what would help them keep the weight off?
4. What helps and/or stops people from going back to use weight loss programmes?
5. How can support be improved to provide weight management programmes for all?How are we going to do this research?
1. Bring together people living with obesity, policy makers and experts in weight loss to inform and guide our research.
2. Send an online link of a survey to those responsible for weight management programmes in England to find out how they help people keep the weight off.
3. Conduct group discussions/ interviews with up to 25 leads of weight loss programme professionals and people that refer to weight management programmes (e.g., GPs, nurses) about their experiences of helping people keep the weight off.
4. Interview up to 40 people who have put weight back on after attending weight loss programmes and ask them to share photos to help them talk about their weight loss journey. In groups we will consider what support is needed to help manage weight in the long term. We will analyse the discussions and find common needs that can shape the guidance we develop.
5. We will bring together a group of 40 people (including weight management users, decision makers, the public, referrers, and policy makers) in two creative workshops to design practical guidance to improve future weight management support.How are patients and the public involved?
We discussed this research with members of the public who have weight management experience. Based on their feedback we will include programmes that target specific communities e.g., South Asian people. We will form a diverse (in terms of ethnicity, class, disability) Patient and Public Involvement Engagement group, members of which will be involved in designing, analysing, and sharing findings.How will we share our findings?
Via co-developed outputs on websites, presentations with stakeholders, blogs, policy reports, infographics, peer reviewed publications and other methods suggested by our public group.
REC name
Wales REC 6
REC reference
24/WA/0348
Date of REC Opinion
19 Nov 2024
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion