Doctors say that we have misled weight and health

On average, Dr. Juan Franco and his colleagues say, people with high weight will not be able to maintain a clinical weight loss with lifestyle interventions, while the possible damage to weight loss interventions, including enhancing the stigma of weight, is still unclear.

They stress that a healthy lifestyle has important benefits, but this weight alone may not give a sufficient picture of a person’s health, and they say that doctors should provide high -quality care that reflects individual preferences and needs, regardless of weight.

Lifestyle interventions that focus on restricting energy intake and increasing levels of physical activity have been over the course of the basic pillar of weight to reduce weight in obese people.

However, strict evidence indicated that these lifestyle interventions are largely ineffective in providing long -term weight loss and reducing cardiovascular events (for example, heart attacks, strokes) or death.

Although a healthy lifestyle provides important benefits, recognition that weight alone may not give a sufficient picture of a person’s health, and recognition of lifestyle interventions for weight loss, can pave the way for more effective care and focus on the patient.

The focus on weight loss may also contribute to the bias of societal weight – negative situations, assumptions and rulings about people based on their weight – which may not only have harmful effects on mental health but may also be associated with disturbed food, adopting unhealthy habits, weight gain, as they add.

They point out that modern clinical guidelines reflect the increasing recognition that the weight is an insufficient measure of health, and that alternative methods, such as health of every HAES, acknowledge that good health can be achieved regardless of weight loss and have shown promising results in improving eating behaviors.

While these methods should be evaluated in large clinical trials, doctors can learn from them to provide better and more sympathetic care for patients with larger bodies.

“Doctors should be ready to inform individuals looking for weight loss about the benefits and possible damage to interventions and reduce the risk of eating disorders and long -term effects on metabolism,” they write. “Such an approach centered around the patient is likely to provide better care through compatibility with the patient’s preferences and conditions with weight loss as well.”

They concluded that “the advice of doctors on healthy eating and physical activity is still relevant because it may lead to better health. The main goal is to provide good care regardless of weight, which means less care but to discuss benefits and damage, and what is important for the patient.”