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The Challenge of
Treating Obesity
and Overweight

PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP

Steve Olson, Rapporteur

Roundtable on Obesity Solutions

Food and Nutrition Board

Health and Medicine Division

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Suggested citation: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. The challenge of treating obesity and overweight: Proceedings of a workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: https://doi.org/10.17226/24855.

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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON THE CHALLENGE OF TREATING OBESITY AND OVERWEIGHT—A WORKSHOP1

DON W. BRADLEY (Chair), Associate Consulting Professor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

CAROLINE M. APOVIAN, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts

WILLIAM (BILL) H. DIETZ, Chair, Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

IHUOMA ENELI, Associate Director, American Academy of Pediatrics Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight, Columbus, Ohio

SCOTT I. KAHAN, Medical Director, STOP Obesity Alliance, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

THEODORE KYLE, Advocacy Advisor, The Obesity Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

NATALIE D. MUTH, Senior Advisor, Healthcare Solutions, American Council on Exercise, San Diego, California

ADAM TSAI, Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado

TRACY ZVENYACH, Associate Director, Novo Nordisk, Washington, DC

Health and Medicine Division Staff

LESLIE J. SIM, Senior Program Officer

HEATHER DEL VALLE COOK, Senior Program Officer

ELEANORE ALEXANDER, Associate Program Officer

AMANDA NGUYEN, Associate Program Officer

DARA SHEFSKA, Research Assistant

RENEE GETHERS, Senior Program Assistant (until September 2017)

CYPRESS LYNX, Senior Program Assistant

ANN L. YAKTINE, Director, Food and Nutrition Board

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1 The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s planning committees are solely responsible for organizing the workshop, identifying topics, and choosing speakers. The responsibility for the published Proceedings of a Workshop rests with the workshop rapporteur and the institution.

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ROUNDTABLE ON OBESITY SOLUTIONS1

BILL PURCELL III (Chair), Farmer Purcell White & Lassiter, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee

RUSSELL R. PATE (Vice Chair), University of South Carolina, Columbia

MARY T. STORY (Vice Chair), Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

SHARON ADAMS-TAYLOR, American Association of School Administrators, Alexandria, Virginia

KATHLEEN ADAMSON, YMCA of the USA, Washington, DC

CAPT HEIDI MICHELS BLANCK, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

JEANNE BLANKENSHIP, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Washington, DC

DON W. BRADLEY, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

CEDRIC X. BRYANT, American Council on Exercise, San Diego, California

HEIDI F. BURKE, Greater Rochester Health Foundation, Rochester, New York

DEBBIE I. CHANG, Nemours, Newark, Delaware

JOHN COURTNEY, American Society for Nutrition, Bethesda, Maryland

ANNE DATTILO, Nestlé Nutrition, Florham Park, New Jersey

MERRY DAVIS, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, Durham

CHRISTINA ECONOMOS, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts

IHUOMA ENELI, American Academy of Pediatrics, Columbus, Ohio

GARY FOSTER, Weight Watchers International, Inc., New York, New York

DAVID D. FUKUZAWA, The Kresge Foundation, Troy, Michigan

PAUL GRIMWOOD, Nestlé USA, Glendale, California

MARJORIE INNOCENT, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, Maryland

SCOTT I. KAHAN, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

SHIRIKI KUMANYIKA, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

CATHERINE KWIK-URIBE, Mars, Inc., Germantown, Maryland

THEODORE KYLE, The Obesity Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

LISEL LOY, Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, DC

KELLIE MAY, National Recreation and Park Association, Ashburn, Virginia

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1 The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s forums and roundtables do not issue, review, or approve individual documents. The responsibility for the published Proceedings of a Workshop rests with the workshop rapporteur and the institution.

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MYETA M. MOON, United Way Worldwide, Alexandria, Virginia

JOSEPH NADGLOWSKI, Obesity Action Coalition, Tampa, Florida

BARBARA PICOWER, The JPB Foundation, New York, New York

SUE PECHILIO POLIS, National League of Cities, Washington, DC

AMELIE G. RAMIREZ, Salud America!, San Antonio, Texas

OLIVIA ROANHORSE, Notah Begay III Foundation, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico

NANCY ROMAN, Partnership for a Healthier America, Washington, DC

KEVIN R. RONNEBERG, Health Partners Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota

SYLVIA ROWE, S.R. Strategy, LLC, Washington, DC

JAMES F. SALLIS, University of California, San Diego

EDUARDO J. SANCHEZ, American Heart Association, Dallas, Texas

PATRICIA L. SMITH, Reinvestment Fund, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

LOEL S. SOLOMON, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California

MARION STANDISH, The California Endowment, Oakland, California

MAHA TAHIRI, General Mills Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota

KATHLEEN TULLIE, Reebok, International, Canton, Massachusetts

TISH VAN DYKE, Edelman, Washington, DC

MONICA HOBBS VINLUAN, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey

HOWELL WECHSLER, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, New York, New York

JAMES R. WHITEHEAD, American College of Sports Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

TRACY ZVENYACH, Novo Nordisk, Washington, DC

Health and Medicine Division Staff

LESLIE J. SIM, Senior Program Officer

HEATHER DEL VALLE COOK, Senior Program Officer

ELEANORE ALEXANDER, Associate Program Officer

AMANDA NGUYEN, Associate Program Officer

DARA SHEFSKA, Research Assistant

RENEE GETHERS, Senior Program Assistant (until September 2017)

CYPRESS LYNX, Senior Program Assistant

ANN L. YAKTINE, Director, Food and Nutrition Board

Consultant

WILLIAM (BILL) H. DIETZ, The George Washington University, Washington, DC

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Reviewers

This Proceedings of a Workshop was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published proceedings as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process.

We thank the following individuals for their review of this proceedings:

THOMAS INGE, Children’s Hospital Colorado

NATALIE DIGATE MUTH, American Council on Exercise

GOUTHAM RAO, University Hospitals of Cleveland

TRACY ZVENYACH, Novo Nordisk

Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the content of the proceedings, nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this proceedings was overseen by SANDRA HASSINK, Nemours. She was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this proceedings was carried out in accordance with standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the rapporteur and the National Academies.

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The Roundtable on Obesity Solutions of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop in Washington, DC, on April 6, 2017, titled The Challenge of Treating Obesity and Overweight: A Workshop. The discussions covered treatments for obesity, overweight, and severe obesity in adults and children; emerging treatment opportunities; the development of a workforce for obesity treatments; payment and policy considerations; and promising paths to move forward. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

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