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Fat nurses are told to lose weight and get fit ‘to set a better example to patients’ – The Sun

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The Nursing and Midwifery Council said all nurses and midwives have a "professional responsibility" to adopt a healthy lifestyle

FAT nurses need to slim down and get in shape to make sure they set a good example to their patients, chiefs have said.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council said all nurses and midwives have a professional responsibility to adopt a healthy lifestyle.

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The new rules ask nursing staff to maintain a level of personal fitness and wellbeing required to meet peoples needs for mental and physical care.

It comes amid repeated calls for NHS staff to lose weight, and practise more what they preach.

Jackie Smith, chief executive of the NMC, told The Telegraph: Its an area that divides opinion, there is no doubt about that.

Nurses need to have a level of fitness that means they can meet the needs of the patient in front of them.

Its also to some extent about being a role model.

And a NMC spokeswoman added: Making sure that nurses are physically fit to care for people is just a small part of plans we have put forward to improve nursing education.

These plans will help to make sure that nurses of the future have the right skills and qualities, not only for today but for years to come.

Last year, weight loss guru Steve Miller, told Sun Online he wants to see fat NHS staff wearing badges to let their patients know theyre are dieting and tackling their health.

The presenter of Sky Ones Fat Families told Sun Online:When a patient is struggling with their health, and they need to lose weight, often they will go and see a GP or a dietitian.

Dont get me wrong, a lot of these guys do a great job, and they are role models, but if the dietitians fatter than the patient, how on Earth is that going to motivate them?

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I want NHS staff to volunteer to wear it to inspire not just the patient but themselves to take action.

I want them to be proud that they are losing weight.

I want that communicated to the patient. I think its a very fair message.

NHS bosses have repeatedly called for action to tackle staffs expanding waistlines.

Nurses need to have a level of fitness that means they can meet the needs of the patient in front of them. Its also to some extent about being a role model

In the past, NHS chief executive Simon Stevens, said the health service had to get its own act together on obesity by helping staff to lose weight.

He called for less junk food in canteens, weight-loss competitions, cycling facilites and more gyms in NHS buildings.

He told The Sun: Its hard for the NHS to talk about how important this is if we dont get our own act together.

I think the NHS has got to take an example in helping our own staff and hopefully other employers will follow suit.

Two billion people across the world are overweight or obese, while four million died from fat-related diseases in 2015, a new study revealed yesterday.

In the UK, one in four adults are obese, and around one million British kids are also dangerously fat.

Being too heavy increases the chances of type 2 diabetes, heart and liver diseases as well asvarious forms of cancers.

The new NMC plans were published today for public consultation.

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