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Access step-by-step guidance to treating obesity as a chronic disease, including information on working with patients on personalised weight-management plans and supporting your patients with obesity to lose weight. Read more about the various treatment options available, the importance of a multifaceted approach to obesity treatment and long-term weight maintenance.

Initiate

Initiate

The complex and sensitive nature of obesity can make conversations with patients difficult. An empathetic approach and asking permission is a helpful starting point.

Diagnose

Diagnose

Understand appropriate assessments to evaluate obesity-related health risks.

Discuss

Discuss

Start the conversation, take weight history and set realistic and attainable goals with your patients with obesity.

Physician’s guide to weight loss therapy

Physician’s guide to weight loss therapy

This guide aims to help healthcare professionals explore the efficacy and key limitations of the three main modalities of obesity treatment. By learning about these treatments for obesity, medical professionals may treat obesity with a comprehensive, holistic management approach.

Why don’t diets work?

Why don’t diets work?

In the field of obesity management, the #1 treatment recommended to those trying to lose weight is to go on a diet. So why don’t diets work? Read the latest from Dr. Sean Wharton on the importance of a holistic approach grounded in biology.

HQ21OB00164, Approval date: August 2021