The Bariatric Pyramid: A framework for therapeutic targets Authors Sanjay Kalra Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India, University Center for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India Nitin Kapoor Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, Non communicable disease unit, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Manash P Baruah Director and Consultant Endocrinologist, Apollo Excelcare Hospitals, Guwahati, Assam, India Saurabh Arora Department of Endocrinology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India Ashok Kumar Das DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.23-51 Keywords: Bariatric Pyramid Abstract The Bariatric Pyramid is a model which serves to explain the goals of obesity management, act as a milestone for monitoring of therapy, and to benchmark the utility of various anti-obesity medications and interventions. Built upon a base of sustainability, it lists three more desired aspects of care: sufficiency (sufficient strength) safety and security. Each of the four aspects of the pyramid: sustainability, sufficiency safety and security have three angles, which allows the reader to understand them easily. The model that we propose is useful in training health care professionals, in therapeutic patient education, for assessing various anti-obesity therapies, and in reaching the right decision while managing obesity. Keywords: Anti-obesity medication, clinical decision aid, obesity, overweight, therapeutic patient education, person centered care. Additional Files Full Text Article Published 2023-06-15 How to Cite Sanjay Kalra, Nitin Kapoor, Manash P Baruah, Saurabh Arora, & Ashok Kumar Das. (2023). The Bariatric Pyramid: A framework for therapeutic targets. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 73(7), 1546–1547. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.23-51 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 73 No. 7 (2023): JULY Section BAROCRINOLOGY License Copyright (c) 2023 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.