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Management Strategies for Weight Control

Eating, Exercise and Behaviour

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Obesity is a major health and social problem worldwide for which no single satisfactory treatment exists. Because of the prevalence of the disease, numerous therapeutic strategies have been attempted — often unsuccessfully. Weight loss programmes based on dietary restriction of caloric intake and nutritional education, exercise, surgical (gastroplasty, gastric bypass) and procedural (gastric balloon, waist cord, jaw wiring, liposuction) intervention and pharmacotherapy (appetite suppressants, thermogenic agents, bulking agents) used alone or in combination, have produced weight loss in the short to medium term; however, weight is generally regained on discontinuation of treatment. Behaviour modification programmes appear to offer the highest success rate in the long term. Weight loss is not rapid, although losses of 10 to 15kg have been achieved after 6 months, and this may be increased when behaviour modification therapy is combined with more aggressive treatments such as severe caloric restriction or jaw wiring. Behaviour modification is particularly beneficial in special patient groups such as the obese elderly, children or adolescents, and disabled patients.

Thus, although it appears that each of the treatments developed for the management of obese patients has its place, the cornerstone of therapy for most patients remains a programme of dietary restriction, combined with exercise and behaviour modification.

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Caterson, I.D. Management Strategies for Weight Control. Drugs 39 (Suppl 3), 20–32 (1990). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-199000393-00004

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