NIHR Webinar Series – 14 – Integrating the Lived Experience and Voices of Children and Young People in Weight Management
Date: 23 June 2026
This session will provide an overview of the why and how the voices of young people are so critical in weight management research and service evaluation.
The NIHR will share learning from the NIHR funded ENHANCE study which has evaluated the NHS complications in excess weight clinics for children and young people. This will include how they set up the ENHANCE ARROWS – their lived experience group of diverse young people, and how they have been integral to every stage of the study. Practical considerations and learning from the work will be discussed, and showcase the outputs and impacts generated by the ARROWS.
The session will finish with an introduction to the Obesity Voices Hub – a lived experience hub that promotes and supports the meaningful integration of lived experience into policy, practice and research, and how they hope the ARROWS will help to expand this hub to further represent young people’s voices in future work.
The webinar is taking place on 10th July 2026 at 10am. You can register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cUc-nJblT2iHzUV8-lzpHw#/registration