[Care of obese patients in ambulatory practice]

This presentation characterizes some actual obesity problems and describes some treatment possibilities of obesity in the outpatient department. Obesity is a serious chronic disease. The prevalence of the obesity as one of the serious global problems is increasing in industrialized societies. Care for obese patients requires general approach including dietetic and behavioural parts, movement activity and pharmacotherapy. Most often we use reduction diet with limited consummation of energy and fat in outpatient department.