Supporting Weight Management for Kidney Transplant Candidates in People With Obesity on Haemodialysis: The First National Survey of UK Kidney Healthcare Providers
Authors' conclusion
This study provides the first UK-wide overview of practice demonstrating inconsistent access to obesity treatment services, BMI-based listing criteria and presence of weight stigma.
Study context
- Population
- UK kidney healthcare providers caring for patients with obesity on haemodialysis before kidney transplantation (KTx)78.6% of UK kidney centres
- Participants
- 227 participants
- Outcome
- Provider views on weight management, KTx waitlisting criteria and weight stigma
Methodological detailsonline national survey, purposive and snowball sampling, July-December 2024, Weight bias assessed with Fat Phobia Scale (F-Scale)
- Online national survey
- Purposive and snowball sampling
- July-December 2024
- Weight bias assessed with Fat Phobia Scale (F-Scale)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Access to KTx main motivator for patient weight loss
- 93%
- Challenge: poor access to obesity services
- 61.7%
- Challenge: long waiting times
- 59.9%
- Challenge: limited funding
- 58.6%
- Access to any obesity service
- 60.1%
- Referrals to bariatric/metabolic surgery
- 38.9%
- Use of incretin-based therapies
- 34.7%
- Most common BMI cut-off for KTx waitlisting (criteria varied widely)
- ≤ 35 kg/m²
- Mean F-Scale score
- 3.42
- Negative attitudes towards obesity
- 99.5%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Supporting Weight Management for Kidney Transplant Candidates in People With Obesity on Haemodialysis: The First National Survey of UK Kidney Healthcare Providers. Diabetes Obes Metab. Published 31 May 2026. doi:10.
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