title: Finally: best practices available for obesity.
abstract: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's new obesity guidelines urge providers to treat obesity as a chronic disease. The guidelines address fen/phen and other drugs as well as a whole host of issues that should be considered in assessing obesity and managing weight. A program to change lifestyle habits requires behavior modification and frequent contact between physicians and patients.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015995:Prevalence; D012016:Reference Values; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D015431:Weight Loss