Liver reduction diet an effective alternative for insurance-mandated medically-supervised weight management in bariatric patients

Background: Medically-supervised weight management (MSWM) has remained an insurance-mandated pre-requisite before approval of bariatric surgery for treatment of morbid obesity. This imposes a deleterious effect on access to care increasing cost, frustration, and drop-out rates and delays life-altering intervention. All published studies to date have confirmed that insurance-mandated MSWM programs confer no additional benefit compared with standard evaluation and education protocols.
Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - Category: Surgery Source Type: research