What Constitutes A State-Of-The-Art Weight Loss Facility?
In the medical literature, obesity is referred to as a “multifactorial disorder”. This means that there is no single cause for overweight or obesity. Rather, it is a combination of genetic, metabolic, psychosocial, environmental and behavioral factors. Therefore, no single scheme or technique for weight loss will be successful in all overweight individuals. Rather, a truly comprehensive program must include a variety of modalities and techniques. Patient care must be individualized, so that the techniques and resources most likely to be successful in any given patient are employed. A state-of-the-art program should also continually analyze its own results and success rates as well as those of others in order to modify and constantly improve its results. It must, of course, adhere to the first principle of the Hippocratic oath: “Above all do no harm.” Authorities in the field of obesity as well as governmental health agencies specify that state-of-the-art weight loss programs should inc
