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What Participating Providers Must Tell Consumers

What Participating Providers Must Tell Consumers. Required Information. Program Components Staff Qualifications Risks Costs Advice on Weight Maintenance. Program Components. What foods are eaten? How many calories? Are there physical activity guidelines?

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What Participating Providers Must Tell Consumers

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  1. What Participating Providers Must Tell Consumers

  2. Required Information • Program Components • Staff Qualifications • Risks • Costs • Advice on Weight Maintenance

  3. Program Components • What foods are eaten? • How many calories? • Are there physical activity guidelines? • Are there any drugs, dietary supplements, or devices used?

  4. Voluntary Guidelines • Example Disclosure"Community Hospital Obesity Clinic" • Program Components • Medically supervised weight loss program for severe disorders related to obesity or whose obesity places them at risk • Includes optional low or very low-calorie diet plans, exercise, and lifestyle education • Protein supplement diet formula used to substitute for regular meals and a multi-vitamin supplement • Program success rates

  5. Staff Qualifications • Training • Experience • Credentials • Type of attention • Frequency of attention

  6. Voluntary Guidelines • Example Disclosure: Staff Qualifications • One physician board-certified in endocrinology • Two registered nurses (RN) • Three registered dietitians (RD) • One masters level exercise physiologist • One clinical psychologist (Ph.D.) • *Patients visit with the dietitians and exercise physiologist. Other professional staff are available for consultation if professional intervention is indicated.

  7. Risks • Health risks of being overweight or obese • Improvements from modest weight loss

  8. Example of Risk Disclosure • Overweight or obese at increased risk for heart disease, diabetes, some forms of cancer, gall bladder disease, osteoarthritis and sleep apnea • Health risks may be reduced by losing just 5 to 10 percent of your body weight, which is 10 to 20 pounds for a 200-pound person

  9. Risks • Drugs • Devices • Dietary supplements • Exercise plans

  10. Risks • Medical conditions/medications • Rapid weight loss • Very low calorie diets • Physical changes

  11. Costs • Membership fees • Periodic attendance fees • Food • Meal replacements • Dietary supplements • Discretionary costs (i.e., medical tests) • Optional costs (i.e., maintenance program, re-entry fees)

  12. Cost Example: "BYE-BYE BMI Weight Loss Centers" • Mandatory charges: • One-Time Entry Fee • Weekly Meeting Attendance • Average (approximate) cost of food per week • Nutritional Supplements (30 day supply) • Discretionary additional charges • Blood tests, Physician Exam, EKG • Optional additional charges(if client chooses) ALL COSTS NON-REFUNDABLE

  13. Success Rates • Percentage completing program • Amount of weight lost • Amount of weight loss maintained

  14. Text from Web site Example “Patients under Dr. Doe's weight loss treatment lost, on average, 17.5 pounds, and after 18 months, they kept off 55 percent of their weight loss. This measurement includes all patients who remained in active weight loss for at least three weeks.”

  15. Advice on Weight Maintenance

  16. Example “Long-term weight maintenance can be enhanced by frequent and regular physical activity of at least moderate intensity and eating according to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (reducing total calories, fat consumption, and increasing vegetables, fruits and whole grains).”

  17. What if Providers Don’t Give Full Disclosure? Contact Federal Trade Commission (FTC) • 877-FTC-HELP • www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint

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