Pharmacy has the power to tackle obesity with confidence

Pharmacy leads the way on tackling obesity with confidence

The benefit to both patients and the NHS from taking obesity seriously is tremendous. As healthcare professionals, pharmacists and GPs have a duty of care to not only treat obesity related illnesses but to prevent their occurrence in the first place.

The ever rising levels of weight-related medical conditions, from hypertension to type 2 diabetes, seems to be going unchecked. Sugar tax and banning fast-food advertising before the water-shed is a sticking plaster at best. Healthcare professionals are seemingly constrained in their ability to tackle obesity when it comes to effective therapies and it seems a lack of confidence when discussing the subject.

Telling people to eat less and exercise more is not winning the fight against obesity.

Pharmacy is well placed to deal with obesity issues with confidence as this pharmacist, working in a Well Pharmacy branch in London explains through a podcast on the Chemist & Druggist website:

 https://www2.lipotrim.co.uk/lipotrim-helps-pharmacy-treat-obesity-with-confidence/

The podcast sheds a light on the many issues that need addressing when talking to patients about excess weight, including discussing the effective Lipotrim Pharmacy Weight Management Programme.