Interdisciplinarity for obese patient global management

Obesity is a chronic illness involving serious somatic comorbidities and psychological disorders. Furthermore, obese patients often suffer from personal and / or socio-cultural problems. Taken together these elements amount to a complex illness requiring comprehensive patient care and hence an interdisciplinary approach aimed at integrating and coordinating the interventions of the different health professionals. Through various initiatives, the Interdisciplinary group for the treatment of obesity (GITO) endeavours to apply and promote an interdisciplinary approach both in clinical practice and in the debate on the problems relating to obesity.