- Liva Healthcare launches new coaching app for Boots Online Doctor patients to support sustainable weight-loss treatment
- Patients can now choose coaching combined with treatment, or coaching alone and receive personalised, one-to-one support helping to build healthy habits for long-term weight loss success
Liva Healthcare has launched a new coaching app for Boots Online Doctor patients to offer one-to-one advice to help patients build long-term healthy habits for sustainable weight-loss.
The Boots Online Doctor Coach App offers guidance from qualified coaches, nutritionists and dietitians who specialise in weight management and behavioural psychology to help develop and maintain long lasting-lifestyle changes.
Shahram Sharif, Chief Executive Officer at Liva Healthcare said: “Digital therapeutics can play a pivotal role in transforming people’s health. By leveraging behavioural science and interactive digital platforms, these tools can support individuals in adopting healthier lifestyles and so reducing risk factors for chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and other cardiovascular conditions. We’re thrilled we have the opportunity with Boots to scale our programmes.”
Christina Hennesey, Chief Medical Officer at Boots Online Doctor said: “Weight loss medicines are an increasingly important clinical pathway to help some people manage their weight and at Boots Online Doctor we are committed to providing a high-quality, safe service for people who need access these treatments.
“We are excited to be taking a new holistic approach to weight loss that focuses on long-term lifestyle adjustments to support people on their individual journeys. The combined coaching programme is designed to fuse together expertise, community, tailored support and advice to successfully support our patients reach their goals via healthy weight loss.”
Boots Online Doctor patients who are registered will be assigned a coach who will deliver bespoke digital advice on nutrition and fitness to set and reach personalised weight loss goals and monitor progress.
To sign up and for more information visit the Boots Online Doctor weight loss service.
About Liva Healthcare
Liva Healthcare is a digital therapeutics company that advances a unique hybrid platform that combines personalised, one-on-one lifestyle coaching with innovative digital-first delivery to improve health outcomes globally, at scale. Our team of dedicated healthcare professionals create personalised change programmes to support people in their journey to prevent, manage and treat obesity, type-2 diabetes and prediabetes and other cardiometabolic conditions.
Liva Healthcare collaborates with healthcare systems, including the NHS, and partners with some of the world’s largest life science companies and health insurers to impact lives on a large scale. Liva is supported by a number of investors across Europe including MIG, Athos, Maj Invest, DHV and Verlinvest.
About Boots
Boots is the UK’s leading health and beauty retailer with over 52,000 team members and around 1,900 stores, ranging from local community pharmacies to large destination health and beauty stores.*
Boots serves its customers and patients for life as the leading provider of healthcare on the high street and the UK’s number one beauty destination. It offers an unrivalled depth and breadth of products, which incorporates its extensive own brand range and innovative portfolio of brands, including No7, the UK’s No1 skincare brand, Soap & Glory, Liz Earle Beauty and Sleek MakeUP.
2024 marks Boots’ 175th anniversary year. Founder John Boot opened a herbalist store in Nottingham in 1849 to offer an affordable alternative to traditional medicines. His son Jesse expanded the business to become a modern retailer and the biggest chemist in Britain. Throughout its history, Boots has listened, learned and innovated, and it continues to challenge itself to improve its products and services every day.
Boots is part of Walgreens Boots Alliance, which is a global leader in pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing retail. More company information is available on boots-uk.com.
*Figures accurate as of 31 May 2024
