Overweight and Obesity Management for Primary Care Clinicians: Executive Summary.

Abstract

Obesity imposes a substantial health burden and has increased in prevalence in recent years. Despite its health impacts, obesity remains undertreated in primary care settings because of a variety of barriers. Recommended approaches to the clinical management of obesity require an understanding of the physiology of the condition, as well as patients’ perspectives and effective nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment options. Notably, recent approvals of new pharmacologic agents for weight management offer clinicians additional options to implement as part of an individualized weight management strategy for patients.