26 Feb 2024 --- New studies underscore the importance of obesity care, linking treatments to lowered weights and other health benefits, such as reducing inflammation and cardiometabolic risk. However, research also suggests that most people with obesity do not receive weight-related care from their usual healthcare source. A cohort study with 146,959 participants indicates that only 7.1% of obesity patients used weight management treatments. Meanwhile, people receiving treatment, including nutrition counseling, medically supervised meal replacements, any anti-obesity medications or bariatric surgery, increased their probability of losing 5% of body weight in one year. This ranged from 23% for nutrition counseling to 93% for bariatric surgery.
