Integrating Obesity Management into Cardiac Rehabilitation: Challenges, Evidence, and Future Directions

Highlight

– Obesity is rarely addressed in cardiac rehabilitation programs despite its cardiovascular significance.
– Most Canadian CR providers support integrating obesity management but cite concerns regarding training, time constraints, and weight bias.
– Effective obesity interventions include lifestyle modifications, pharmacotherapy, and bariatric surgery, but their implementation within CR is complex.
– Patient preferences and lived experiences are critical to designing feasible, personalized weight management in CR.

Study Background