Policy Interventions to Enhance Medical Care for People With Obesity in the United States—Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Directions
本文分析了美国当前肥胖治疗政策的不足，提出新政策框架以增加有效治疗的可及性，强调减少障碍、改善现有疗法质量，并消除医生和社会的体重污名。
) in the United States. Current federal policies targeting obesity medications reflect this unfortunate reality. We argue for a novel policy framework to increase access to effective obesity therapeutics and care, recognizing that, though prevention is critical, the epidemic proportions of obesity in the United States warrant immediate interventions to augment care. Reducing barriers to and improving the quality of existing anti-obesity medications, intensive behavioral therapy, weight management nutrition and dietary counseling, and bariatric surgery are critical. Moreover, to ensure continuity of care and patient-clinician trust, combating physician and broader weight stigma must represent a central component of any viable obesity care agenda.