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It's important to remember
that the goal of any
weight loss program
is not just
to achieve weight loss.
When we ask patients
what they're worried about,
it's not just the body weight,
it's whether
their ability to function
is going to be improved
by weight loss.
The pain, the disability,
perhaps discrimination
in the handicap,
whether their disease
is going to be improved,
their diabetes risk,
their cardiovascular disease,
sleep apnea,
their risk of cancer,
and for some,
some of the body image problems
and psychological problems
that are associated
with their weight are in fact
the primary concern.
For that reason,
when we evaluate our programs,
we're not just looking
at weight loss,
we're also looking at some
of these other outcomes
that matter to patients
and I'd like to just share
with you some
of the outcomes that we use
and how our weight loss program
is able to improve
some of these outcomes.
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So, if we look at some
of the functional
and quality of life outcomes
that we use,
these data are looking
at step tests,
6 meter walk tests,
and sit to stand.
And you can see that all
of these improve during
the intensive part
of our physiotherapy program.
The Measure Yourself Medical
Outcomes Proforma
is a particularly useful tool
because what this does
is it asks patients
what their major concern is.
And when we use this measure,
we find that
the two main concerns
that patients have
tend to improve.
So these people are saying
that the problems
that they have are improved
by the weight loss
that we see in our program.
