Fig. 13.

Targeted outcomes of education and advocacy initiatives. Desired outcomes of education and advocacy initiatives regarding patients living with the disease of obesity include facilitation of patient-centered care where prevention and self-disease management empowerment is integrated with collective involvement of clinicians, family, friends, and community. Concurrent to patient-centered care are efforts to facilitate public policy and social changes to mitigate bias and discrimination, provide physical, emotional, and socioeconomic support, and ensure access to evidenced-based treatment. Collectively, such initiatives all help achieve comprehensive obesity management [1].