Healthcare IT Today April 29, 2024
Andy Oram

Is anyone not obsessed with weight? The health care field certainly is. Researchers have found ties between high body weight and an oversized list of unhealthy conditions. Payers have invested enormous amounts of money in decreasing individuals’ body weights. A Congressional bill would promote behavioral therapy for obesity and extend Medicare coverage for drugs treating obesity.

And yet weights continue to rise around the world, and the phenomenon starts at very young ages.

The rapidly expanding use of GLP-1 drugs has been life-altering for many, but brings its own disappointments: They’re extremely expensive, require continual use to be effective, have potentially negative effects on muscle mass, and are usually abandoned by patients. Paul T Jaeckel, a private practice dietitian at...

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