naveed sattar is professor of metabolic medicine at the university of glasgow.efore, are we? you are correct. some reports have been even bigger and have suggested even higher risks than this particular report. this is nothing new. the site is it, the fact it is an international conference reaffirms that obesity carries many risks across the whole of the medical profession. what it does is remind us profession. what it does is remind us again of these risks. perhaps thatis us again of these risks. perhaps that is what is needed, a constant drip, drip of information out there reminding us that this is what happens or these are the risks, if we are overweight. yes, but i think we are overweight. yes, but i think we need to be better than that. we are at the point in the medical profession where there is a tool box ofa number of profession where there is a tool box of a number of things that help people lose weight in an evidence—based manner. people lose weight in an evidence-based manner. we need to be more prescriptive with our patients, be more sympathetic. it