GATINEAU, Quebec–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ideal
Protein called today for physicians to address the obesity epidemic
by talking to their overweight or obese patients about weight loss
programs.
The call to action came following the June announcement of findings from
a Nielsen Strategic Health Perspectives survey sponsored by the Council
of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), an affiliate of the American
Medical Group Association Foundation and a coalition of visionary
medical group and health system leaders. Among other findings about how
patients are experiencing healthcare today, the study found a
significant gap around weight management; physicians’ efforts on
counseling patients on preventive health, including weight loss for
obese or overweight patients, are not being heard.
The survey found that while 52 percent of physicians report that they
recommend that patients enroll in a weight loss program, only 5 percent
of those patients polled say they heard this message. Additionally, 90
percent of physicians report recommending better eating habits, while
only 19 percent of patients say their doctors gave them that advice.
With 70 percent of adults in the U.S. overweight or obese according to
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,1 this means
that only one in 14 of these overweight individuals is getting or
hearing weight loss advice from their physician.
Douglas W. Rothrock, M.D. is familiar with these survey results. As a
board certified cardiologist, founder of Prescott Cardiology in Arizona,
Let’s Get Healthy 4 You weight loss center, and Senior Medical Advisor
at Ideal Protein, he counsels patients on weight loss on a daily basis
as part of a healthy lifestyle approach to wellness.
He said, “With our nation experiencing an obesity epidemic, it is my
opinion that it has become a physician’s responsibility to be proactive
and advise their overweight patients how to effectively and safely lose
weight. Cardiologists are leaders in prevention and are the natural
messengers, along with other physicians and medical practitioners. In my
practice, I have decided to explain the critical need for maintaining a
healthy weight. By counseling my patients on weight loss, I can help
them to potentially avoid chronic illnesses and live longer lives, not
just treat their symptoms.”
Dr. Rothrock also noted, “While physicians may not think they have the
time to actively work with patients on their weight loss efforts, there
are structured programs with safe, science-based approaches to losing
weight with which the practice can collaborate to give the patients the
day-to-day counseling and support they need to be successful.”
Obesity is now recognized as a disease by the American Medical
Association,2 and physicians are urged to manage it like any
other chronic illness. In fact, physicians are increasingly hearing the
guidance that weight loss counseling must be part of their practice to
help patients decrease the risk for chronic conditions associated with
excess weight, including: Type 2 diabetes; high blood pressure; early
mortality; stroke risk; cancer incidence in women; degenerative joint
disease; joint pain and immobility; sleep apnea;3
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease4 and metabolic syndrome.5
Additionally, pay-for-value incentives have made screening for body mass
index (or BMI) and counseling for weight management a standard for
reimbursement.6
Ideal Protein is committed to helping physicians counsel their patients
about weight loss to reduce the risks associated with many chronic
illnesses. Doctors report that while utilizing the Ideal Protein Weight
Loss Method, as their patients lose weight they see reductions in
conditions associated with weight such as hypertension, insulin
imbalance, and other heart and health risks.7
Click to read research
presented at Cleveland Clinic and National Obesity Conferences about
changes in patient health metrics with weight loss.
To see how physicians and other healthcare practitioners are helping
their patients lose weight, click here.
About Ideal Protein
The Ideal Protein Weight Loss Method is medically designed and developed
and is consistent with evidence-based guidelines for weight loss
management and maintenance. The method tackles the root cause of weight
gain – the body’s overproduction of insulin – by limiting consumption of
sugars in the form of fats and carbohydrates, while maintaining protein
intake to preserve muscle mass. It is exclusively available from Ideal
Protein’s approved health care professionals and trained coaches. For
more information, visit www.IdealProtein.com.
1 Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Health 2015.
Table 53. Selected health conditions and risk factors, by age: United
States, 1988–1994 through 2013–2014 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus15.pdf#053
2 Press Release. AMA Adopts New Policies on Second Day of
Voting at Annual Meeting. June 18, 2013. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/news/news/2013/2013-06-18-new-ama-policies-annual-meeting.page
3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The health
risks of overweight and obesity. http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/effects/index.html
4 American Gastroenterologist Association. Joel V. Brill, MD,
FACP, AGAF, FASGE, FACG. Feb 13, 2015. Is Gastroenterology Ready to Take
a Bite Out of Obesity? http://www.gastro.org/news_items/2015/2/13/is-gastroenterology-ready-to-take-a-bite-out-of-obesity
5 American Heart Association. About Metabolic Syndrome. https://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More/MetabolicSyndrome/About-Metabolic-Syndrome_UCM_301920_Article.jsp
6 2016 Cross-cutting measure set from CMS.gov https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Quality-Initiatives-Patient-Assessment
Instruments/PQRS/Downloads/2016_PQRS-Crosscutting.pdf
7 Logemann et al. The effect of Ideal Protein on weight loss
and metabolic parameters. http://biointelligentwellness.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Aspirus-metabolic-parameters_2014-12.pdf
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