Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine found that the reduced charges at weight counseling centers offered especially to the patients with diabetes and high blood pressure by primary care physicians with the increased overweight and obese individuals.All patients with evidence based recommendations were screened by Physicians for obesity and offer counseling procedures and interventions to promote sustained weight loss.
Other studies have shown that physicians do not conduct weight and weight-related counseling for the majority of their affected patients and also found that counseling can help adults lose weight and keep it off.
Reasons were unclear for the researchers to know barriers related to weight counseling include pessimism with change of patients, time limitations during appointments, thinking and training for lifestyle counseling is inadequate.
Primary care through instrumental procedures in significant in public health successes such as decreased stroke and heart disease deaths due to the management of high blood pressure and high cholesterol. However, lack of effective tools for primary care providers in obesity prevention.New research procedures and future findings are needed to help in developing therapies for obesity.