Doctors Should Send Obese Patients To Diet Counseling, Panel Says. But Many Don't
Behavior-based weight-loss programs that focus on diet and exercise can work for obese patients, a national panel of experts says. But many doctors aren't having the necessary conversations.
A visit to your primary care physician may focus on your headaches or that achy back. But if your body mass index is over 30, a panel of national experts says, it should also include a referral to an intensive weight-loss program.
That's the latest recommendation of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of national an evidence review and the recommendation in the on Tuesday.
