How may the postgraduate training and obesity specialist contribute to improving the care of a patient with obesity

Česká verzia

Authors: V. Hainer; R. Taxová Braunerová; M. Kunešová
Authors place of work: Endokrinologický ústav Praha Centrum pro diagnostiku a léčbu obezity Ředitelka: doc. RNDr. Běla Bendlová, CSc.
Published in the journal: Prakt. Lék. 2024; 104(4): 198-202
Category: Various Specialization

Summary

Obesity has recently been recognized as a disease with serious health and socioeconomic consequences by most health professionals. However, according to several surveys conducted across the world, comprehensive management of chronic relapsing disease such obesity continues to be underestimated by both physicians and other healthcare providers. The paper highlights the main obstacles to the appropriate treatment of patients with obesity. One key barrier is the insufficient knowledge about obesity among healthcare providers, which hinders the implementation of advanced principles in obesity management. This paper also explores experiences in postgraduate education on obesity both in the Czech Republic and abroad. The authors further describe different attitudes toward educating and certifying obesity specialists, i.e. physicians who achieved a competency in obesity care. Obesity specialists should play an important role not only in comprehensive multidisciplinary treatment of obesity but also in educating other health professionals about obesity medicine. This role is increasingly significant nowadays as the demand for long-term treatment with new, efficient anti-obesity drugs and less invasive bariatric surgery grows.

Keywords:

obesity – postgraduate training – obesity management evaluation – obesity specialist

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adresa pro korespondenci:
doc. MUDr. Vojtěch Hainer, CSc.
Endokrinologický ústav
Centrum pro diagnostiku a léčbu obezity
Národní 8, 110 00 Praha 1
e-mail: vhainer@endo.cz

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