The European Association for the Study of Obesity recently released a new framework for the diagnosis and management of obesity. Form Health Chief Medical Officer, Florencia Halperin, explains how this framework aligns with Form's comprehensive approach to obesity treatment. This new framework underscores the importance of a thorough medical evaluation and individualized treatment plans, which is at exactly how we provide care at Form Health. Want to learn more about our science-based, individualized approach? Reach out to employers@formhealth.co.
A really important framework for the diagnosis, staging and management of obesity was published this month by the European Association for the Study of Obesity (https:/https://lnkd.in/euxKbHaG). I could not agree more with this figure and this is so aligned with the work that we do with patients at Form Health every day. Treatment decisions are not just about weight. They are about considering all of the physical and emotional health impacts on the individual, and their unique goals of treatment. This is not a cookie-cutter process of prescribing one class of medications, but one that requires an in-depth medical evaluation and shared decision making. And treatment plans are not one and done, they require careful consideration to start and then ongoing monitoring and evolution over time, depending on the results. So great to see more and more thought leadership emerging on this, and at the international level. Science, evidence, guidelines, and expert consensus are a counter-weight to hype, misconception and misinformation about what it means to have obesity and its medical treatment options.
