Medical advisory board
LighterLife’s expert medical advisory board
comprises international experts in obesity, metabolism,
endocrinology, clinical nutrition and psychology.
The board’s role is to oversee all clinical
aspects of LighterLife, and provide advice and direction to ensure
LighterLife is compliant with:
- Best practice applicable to the use of VLCDs
and LCDs.
- Current evidence-based research.
- Health guidelines, including NICE guideline
43 on obesity.
This ensures the best possible programmes are
delivered to patients, thus facilitating safe and effective weight
loss.
The board is chaired by Professor David
Haslam, professor in obesity sciences at Robert Gordon University
and a Hertfordshire-based GP.
Professor Haslam is chair of the National
Obesity Forum, physician in obesity medicine at the Centre for
Obesity Research, Luton & Dunstable Hospital, a member of the
Counterweight Board, visiting lecturer at Chester University,
visiting professor at Chester University and visiting fellow at the
Postgraduate Medical School of Herts & Beds. He took charge of
formulating the guidelines for obesity management in primary care
and helped to develop the first guidelines for management of
childhood obesity in primary care.