Translations:Management of obesity/40/en

A clinical practice guideline by the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded that the evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against routine behavioral counseling to promote a healthy diet in unselected people in primary care settings, but that intensive behavioral dietary counseling is recommended in those with hyperlipidemia and other known risk factors for cardiovascular and diet-related chronic disease. Intensive counseling can be delivered by primary care clinicians or by referral to other specialists, such as nutritionists or dietitians. A survey of primary care physicians in the United States found that although clinical guidelines do not consider overweight to be a risk factor that increases mortality, physicians often report believing that being overweight increases all-cause mortality.