Training, education of doctors/patients, increasing revenues https://myhealthywaist.org/
This organization is Quebec based but they participate in various events including conferences in the US, mostly related to obesity and metabolic disorders. Quite encouraging to see these sort of organizations emphasizing/ supporting the importance of dealing with the real issue which isn't general obesity but abdominal fat. The misconception of obesity related health issues (not the visceral fat) among most people only causes the inevitable future medical issues.
The waist to hip ratio measurement should be considered as the primary diagnostic tool in order to determine whether overweight individuals are at risk of developing various medical conditions including and especially PLWH. The therapeutic benefits of Tesamorelin have been neglected for too long, a trend that has been going on since the launch of the drug despite various studies have been published about the harmful trunk obesity and the metabolic benefits of the drug. I do believe once this misconception is realized we should see much better uptake of the drug . Again it is crucial to have an ongoing thorough training schedule for the sale force/MSLs so they are updated constantly and equipped with evidence based information in order to provide the necessary and appropriate information to the patients and their doctors. One can easily be surprised how clinically outdated both groups have been for too long.