RT Journal
A1 Rao G, Kirley K
T1 The future of obesity treatment: Comment on “integrating technology into standard weight loss treatment: a randomized controlled trial”
JF JAMA Internal Medicine
JO JAMA Internal Medicine
YR 2013
FD January 28
VO 173
IS 2
SP 111
OP 112
DO 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1232
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1232
AB 
A staggering 68% of US adults are either overweight or obese.1 Current direct medical costs associated with treating obesity-related illness are roughly 5% to 10% of all US health care spending.2 Effective solutions to this epidemic are scarce, expensive, or both. The mean cost of bariatric surgery is $27 905.3 Few medications are available for weight loss, and despite recent promising developments, obesity drugs are unlikely to become a solution to the problem.4 Many believe significant changes in public policy and the built environment will be necessary to reverse the epidemic.5- 6 Such changes require a great deal of political will, which is lacking, and in any case would take many years to have a significant effect. So, what on earth should we do right now or in the near future?