Table 10.VOrganization of the healthcare system to deal with the obesity epidemic (after (Ziegler et al., 2004)

ActionsObjectivesPlayersTargets
Primary preventionModifying lifestylePoliticians, local decision-makers, business, consumer associations, media Physicians and other healthcare professionalsSociety
ScreeningActing as early as possiblePhysicians and other healthcare professionals: Maternal and Infantile Protection (PMI), school medicine, occupational medicine, general practitionersSubjects at risk Young children
Treatment
 1st lineEarly assessment and treatmentAttending physicianCommon overweight and obesity
 2nd lineSevere concomitant diseasesNutrition specialists and other specialist physiciansSerious, recalcitrant and early-onset obesity
 3rd lineRecourseReference centers Pluri-disciplinary teamFailures and serious cases
 Follow-upPreventing relapse Screening for complicationsGeneral practitioners or referral physicianAll patients

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