Co-designing a weight-neutral health intervention in Denmark: a protocol paper (Preprint)

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UNSTRUCTURED Introduction Lifestyle interventions for weight loss do not result in long term weight reductions and may contribute to weight stigma. Weight neutral health has emerged as an alternative strategy to obtain physical, social, and mental health without any aim of weight loss. This protocol paper outlines the design and procedures for the co-creation of a weight-neutral health intervention, engaging stakeholders from all around Denmark, and establishing a health programme that can be implemented within Danish municipalities. Methods and analysis The co-design development process will be organised in a participative manner, employing the MRC framework for complex interventions, the INVOLVE framework for patient engagement, and the Human-Centered Design tradition framework with four iterative design phases: Discover, Define, Design, and Validate. The study population are end-user representatives, including health professionals with experience from weight-neutral health programmes, people with BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 who have participated in an existing weight-neutral health programme, and stakeholders in the municipalities. Ethics and dissemination This study will be conducted in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration. The study was registered and approved by the University of Copenhagen (UCPH ethics approval 504-0435/23-5000). The study will adhere to GDPR data and information standards. The project will be widely disseminated through peer-reviewed journals, presentations in relevant professional forums such as municipalities and general practitioners, weight-neutral educational events, academic conferences, and popular dissemination platforms such as podcasts and social media posts. The resulting weight-neutral health intervention will be tested in a feasibility study.

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