Table 1.

Details of the visits included in the weight management programme

Visit 1 (initial screening)	Visit 2	Visit 3	Visit 4	Visit 5	Visit 6
Week 1	Week 3	Week 5	Week 7	Week 9	Week 11
If eligible for the programme: - distribution of the “personalised advice” and results booklets - goal setting - European Society of Cardiology (esc) healthy diet characteristics and exercise recommendations (2016 esc guidelines on CVD prevention in clinical practice) [10]	Importance of healthy-balanced diet and portion size	Importance of physical activity	Alcohol and weight, Food labelling	Shopping tips and eating out	How to maintain the weight loss - discussion of achievements - completion of service’s evaluation questionnaires - further follow-up if requested
Monitor parameters Monitoring period (visit 2–5): weight, WC, BMI, BP, HR, weight loss/gain between visits, physical activity levels Final visit (visit 6): weight, WC, BMI, BP, HR, final audit-c score, % total weight loss, % total wc loss, % total bmi alteration

BMI body mass index, BP blood pressure, CVD cardiovascular disease, WC waist circumference, HR heart rate