Physicians Missing Important Opportunity To Treat Overweight Patients With Antiobesity Medications, Researchers Say.

reports, “Physicians are missing an important opportunity to treat overweight patients with antiobesity medications in order to reduce the odds of developing diabetes,” researchers found. The findings were published online in Obesity. The author of an accompanying editorial observed, “The unmet need for better obesity care is considerable.” http://www.medpagetoday.com/Endocrinology/Obesity/60052