Treatment Overview: Debunking Myths and Misconceptions Regarding Treatment Approaches for Obesity

• Myth: “Low fat diets are the best way to reduce body fat”

• Myth: “Increased physical exercise is the most effective way to reduce body weight
• Behavior modification
• Myth: “Vitamins and herbal supplements are effective in achieving weight reduction”
• Myth: “Bariatric surgery is considered the ‘easy way out’ and reserved for patients who are failures and ‘cheaters’ and is too dangerous for everyone else”
• Key principles of pharmacological management