Researchers have highlighted the importance to recognize differences in individuals with obesity and to provide tailor-made treatments accordingly.
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Researchers highlighted the importance for health policy makers to recognize differences in individuals with obesity and to target or tailor interventions accordingly. This approach may not just be more effective in helping individuals to achieve a healthier lifestyle, but a targeted healthcare approach could also be a more efficient use of NHS services.
Researchers suggested messages about alcohol reduction could help tackle obesity in young adults while for middle aged individuals who were unhappy and anxious an intervention involving increasing exercise mixed with psycho-social counseling could be beneficial and young healthy females may not need any intervention.
Green said, "Policies designed to tackle obesity and encourage healthier lifestyles often target individuals just because they are obese but a focus on just the group as a whole is not very efficient and they were all different and different health promotion approaches work for different people."
The study appears in the Journal of Public Health.
Source-Medindia