A Practical Approach to Contemporary Obesity Management

Abstract

One of the basic issues is that health care professionals, and particularly medical graduates, have limited training in obesity care and management. Health care professionals may also have limited awareness of nutrition, physical activity, and behavioral programs to treat obesity and be reluctant to spend time developing and implementing coordinated therapy programs. Obesity management and weight loss maintenance is therefore, a long_term process requiring initial intervention with an ongoing follow_up program. Obesity is usually determined by the measurement of the body mass index, which is the individual's weight in kilograms (kg) divided by their height in meters (m) squared. The impact of COVID-19 on individuals with obesity underlines the urgent requirement for effective policies and strategies for the prevention of overweight and obesity starting in childhood but engaging young and older adults. A treatment program is usually decided upon by an assessment of adiposity and the presence of the complications of obesity.