Recommendation ID
CG189/11
Question

Practitioners and providers' awareness of risk in black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups: Are clinicians, practitioners and weight management service providers aware that black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups are at the same risk of type 2 diabetes and mortality at a lower BMI compared with the white population. If so, do they intervene at lower BMI and waist-to-height ratio thresholds?

Any explanatory notes
(if applicable)

Source guidance details

Comes from guidance
Obesity: identification, assessment and management
Number
CG189
Date issued
November 2014

Other details

Is this a recommendation for the use of a technology only in the context of research? No  
Is it a recommendation that suggests collection of data or the establishment of a register?   No  
Last Reviewed 30/09/2022