health care providers, we don’t
know how to help our patients lose
weight. Fortunately, organizations such
as the American Diabetes Association
(ADA) and the North American Association
for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)
are mounting increased educational
efforts to fight the growing epidemic ofobesity in this country, which confers
increased risk for diabetes, cardiovascular
disease (CVD), and other serious
comorbid conditions.