*Result*: Involving community members in designing behavioural weight management programmes: a scoping review.

Involving community members in designing behavioural weight management programmes: a scoping review.

Moore TH; The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West) at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom., Brockman R; The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West) at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom., Perry R; The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West) at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom., Nobles J; School of Health, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom., Dawson S; The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West) at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom., Gillison F; The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West) at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.; Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom., Savović J; The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West) at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom., Jago R; The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West) at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom.; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.; NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom., Langford R; The National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West) at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom. beki.langford@bristol.ac.uk.; Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom. beki.langford@bristol.ac.uk.

BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2026 Feb 02; Vol. 26 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Feb 02.

Journal Article; Scoping Review

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Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100968562 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2458 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14712458 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE

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Keywords: Behavioural weight management programmes; Co-design; Co-production; Community involvement; Community-Based participatory research; Health programme development; Programme adaptation.; Scoping review; Systematic review

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