With over 20 million overweight and obese adults in the UK, leading to an increase in weight-related conditions including diabetes, heart disease and certain types of cancer, never before has the importance of a healthy, balanced diet and moderate regular activity been so key to the health of the nation.

Since Slimming World was founded in 1969, we have helped millions of slimmers overcome the burden of being overweight. Based on the philosophy and deep understanding that dieting alone is not the solution to long-term weight management, Slimming World offers an integrated approach combining expertise in the psychology of slimming, diet and physical activity, to provide an effective, well balanced and practical solution to members.

Food Optimising, Slimming World’s eating plan, is in line with current guidelines on effective weight management and healthy eating and is based on scientific principles of energy density, satiation and satiety. Focusing on basic, everyday nutritious and filling foods, including lean meat and poultry, fish, fruit and vegetables, beans, grains and pulses Food Optimising guides slimmers in making healthy food choices when shopping in what is a minefield of confusing labels, bogus food claims and impractical diets, and naturally reduces those foods high in calories, sugar and fat.

Over the last 36 years we have continued to develop our products and our methods in line with sound nutrition recommendations and latest findings from research into the physiological and psychological aspects of weight loss – much of which Slimming World has funded and carried out.

The organisation works with experts in the fields of appetite, nutrition, obesity and psychology among others, including Diabetes UK and the Royal College of Midwives, with whom Slimming Word developed their unique pregnancy policy.

To discover more about Slimming World’s practices and policies, continuing research and partnership opportunities, please browse the pages of this dedicated health portal using the links within the text or the navigation to the left.