Fig. 14.

Analogous challenges exist regarding comprehensive care for the individual patient with obesity and advocacy efforts to help achieve comprehensive care for all patients with obesity. To maximize the potential for success, both require education, communication, empowerment, evidenced-based interventions, and addressing stigma, bias, and inequity. Even when success is achieved, it should be the expectation that the progress and success of both obesity management and advocacy initiatives will have times of success that alternate with times of challenges.