Obesity pillars roundtable: Better together - combined obesity medicine and metabolic surgery care for the treatment of obesity

Providing guidance on one universal approach to the care of patients with obesity is challenging due to the heterogeneity of patient populations and variance in practice patterns across the spectrum of care. The panel suggested adopting a continuum-of-care mindset, meaning that all available options should be considered for patients, either in sequence, or as adjuvant therapies, or as rescue options for patients who gain tolerance to a particular therapeutic modality. This approach is in keeping with the reality that obesity is a chronic, relapsing multifactorial disease.