For a comprehensive assistance in the treatment of chronic diseases such as obesity.

Most of these patients pilgrimage for years by different centers without results. Most treatment programs are not effective because it is incomplete or inadequate or simply for being a hoax.

Address collectively diseases as obesity is presented as a necessity and a challenge for all the world’s health systems requiring a comprehensive and multidisciplinary care. Doctors and other health professionals have a duty to offer our patients all healthcare and human resources available in our environment but we must understand the comprehensive care from a point of view not only medical but also psychological, social and affective.

It is very important to deal with aspects that are linked to the illness of the patient. In addition to their physical needs, it is necessary to pay special attention to the psychological and emotional level, and give you resources so that you understand your disease and to be able to handle and overcome discouragement and particularly difficult situations.

For this reason, it is important to see a specialist teams to work together, offering an integrated approach for the management of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, arthritis or cardiovascular disease. The creation of services focused on the prevention of disease is necessary and geared towards the education of the patient to help him improve his lifestyle acquiring healthy eating habits and practicing physical activity, as well as providing individual and group counselling.

Our goal is to ensure that patients can effectively prevent chronic diseases that could affect their quality of life in the future. Therefore any comprehensive chronic disease management program should be:

-design plans of diet and exercise effective and based on scientific evidence, that will allow the patient to maintain their health, prevent disease or prevent the complications of chronic disease already established.

-Realize changes in lifestyle and pass from theory to practice ”, adapting the nutritional recommendations and plan of physical exercise to your current situation and possibilities.

-help to understand and interpret medical information to help patients to know what they can do to improve and make responsible decisions about their health, promoting his autonomy.

-offer realistic and specific solutions that allow the patient to make these changes and at the same time reinforcing the idea that improving lifestyle is accessible to all, regardless of age or medical condition.

Dr. Iñigo Sáinz
health promotion unit of USP La Esperanza