An Op-Ed by Drs. Stephen Devries and Andrew Weil
Published in the Huffington Post in response to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation that stated: “Clinicians may choose to selectively counsel patients rather than incorporate counseling into the care of all adults in the general population.”
A summary of our response: “The finding that lifestyle counseling as currently practiced produces poor results is indisputable. The recommendation that followed, however, was stunning. Our national health demands a call to action, but the task force sounded retreat instead.”