Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) launched its Obesity Control Project in 2022 and has since issued recommendations on obesity disease prevention, multidisciplinary collaboration, and coordination with specialized medical institutions for obesity disease management. The Institute has also emphasized the importance of advancing measures that are grounded in patient and lived experience perspectives.

To effectively address obesity, it is essential to pursue two parallel approaches: measures focused on prevention and health promotion, alongside medical interventions. Regarding obesity measures, national and local governments, as well as employers and health insurance providers, are carrying out a variety of initiatives aimed at prevention and health promotion as part of broader efforts to address non-communicable diseases (NCDs). However, efforts by local governments and employers’ health insurance providers to control obesity remain very limited.

In this Discussion Points, from the perspectives of local governments and employers’ health insurance providers, this report summarizes the current status of insurer efforts for the promotion of obesity control measures as well as how to best structure the environment and institutional frameworks needed for the future implementation of such measures.

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