“The GP needs to regularly assess the weight of patients who may be associated with obesity.”

The council says patients who may be associated with an overweight illness should be regularly scheduled to help control obesity and rising healthcare costs. ..

Concerns about offending overweight patients are believed to contribute to a significant increase in adult social health care costs, costly home remodeling, and reliance on expensive professional equipment.

According to the Local Authorities Association (LGA), some healthcare professionals saw severe obese patients with associated conditions due to “fear of attack and lack of referral services,” and No information about BMI (Body Mass Index) is recorded.

He added that some people “well” compensate for movement disorders in obese patients by recommending expensive specialized equipment that can exacerbate the problem.

One home occupational therapist consulted as part of the LGA report said: “The problem of obesity is taboo/stigma.

“It is never brought up by an expert or himself.”

“Ignoring the underlying condition (that is, obesity) and focusing on the secondary condition can exacerbate the problem and worsen the person’s condition,” the service provider added.

If this is not addressed, the LGA warns that the major health effects of obesity could “bankrupt” social care and the NHS.

Obesity is one of the greatest public health challenges, with up to one third of adults predicted to be obese by 2024.

It is associated with a variety of disorders, including type 2 diabetes, some cancers, heart and liver disorders, and stroke.

Recently, research has shown that people with obesity are more likely to be hospitalized for Covid-19 and die of the virus, which has recently been highlighted by the coronavirus pandemic.

The UK Public Health Service will be abolished, which raises the question of which agency will lead the country’s obesity strategy.

The LGA requires family doctors, nurses, and dietitians to engage in honest conversations with patients who suspect that their weight is the root cause of another condition.

They also want the weights of these patients to be regularly recorded at the time of booking.

And health professionals should be given training on how to raise weight-related problems “in a sensitive and non-judicial way.”

Ian Hudspeth, LGA Chairman of the Community Wellbeing Board, said:

“Health professionals need to start outspoken conversations about people’s weight and record it regularly if it can be the root cause of their condition. You have to take responsibility for it and the government needs to help you do so.

“Obesity needs to be addressed head-on, otherwise people’s health will continue to decline, obesity-related health inequalities will remain, and economic and social costs will rise to unsustainable levels. “

The annual cost of a parliamentary fund for community-based social care for people with severe obesity is almost double that of a person with a healthy BMI, and for a typical parliament, an overall £423,000 extra annually. Is equivalent to

An analysis of a longitudinal study on aging in the UK also estimates that obese people over the age of 65 are 25% more likely to use care in two years than those in the healthy range.

Despite this study, the LGA noted that there was no systematic collection of national and regional data on the association between obesity and the need for social care.

The rise in obesity levels has also led to a rising demand for expensive bariatric devices, with one council increasing spending on them by 47% over three years, he said.

It also calls for public health grants to Congress increase by at least £3.9 billion a year by 2024/25 to meet the growth of overall NHS funding.

Andrew Radford, CEO of Eating Disorders Charity Beat, said that reducing obesity at the population level should be done “in a non-stigmatizing manner, without the extra risk to those affected by eating disorders.” I said yes.

“To achieve this, we are seeking to develop a campaign to reduce obesity in consultation with weight management specialists and with eating disorders specialists. We must avoid words that embarrass or blame people who are suffering.”

A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services said: To help people make healthy choices.

“We know it’s difficult to lose weight and we’re working on a plan to make more weight loss support available through our doctors. We’ll discuss this in more detail later.”