🛑 Obesità, la legge c'è ma le cure sono bloccate? L'allarme degli esperti al Senato

Nearly nine months after the approval of Law 149 of 2025—the first law in the world to recognize obesity as a chronic, progressive, and relapsing disease—institutions and the scientific community gathered in Rome for the parliamentary conference "Obesity: the law is there. Now let's build the system." The key objective is to accelerate the issuance of implementing decrees and the integration of the disease into the Essential Levels of Assistance (LEA), overcoming current regional inequalities and ensuring equal access to diagnosis, treatment, and uniform care for all citizens. What is Law 149 of 2025 on obesity and what care pathways are provided? Law 149 of 2025 is the first global law to define obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease. The measure introduces the allocation of specific resources to the National Health Fund to finance prevention, inclusion in the Essential Levels of Assistance (LEA), and the creation of homogeneous regional care networks, ensuring structured, long-term diagnostic and therapeutic pathways. The evolving regulatory framework requires a radical paradigm shift for the National Health Service, shifting the strategic focus from the silos of acute care spending to structural investments in preventive medicine and healthy lifestyles. The sustainability of the system depends on the effectiveness of treatments in the community: in this challenge, local authorities and mayors become key sentinels for identifying the population's needs and combating social stigma. Formal inclusion in the Essential Levels of Assistance (LEA) will allow comprehensive and continuous patient care, focusing on the entire care pathway rather than on individual services. On the clinical and therapeutic front, the introduction of molecules that act on GLP-1 receptors requires the definition of precise regulatory parameters by AIFA for extending reimbursement to non-diabetic subjects, identifying appropriate prescription criteria based on body mass index or specialized centers. Overcoming territorial fragmentation is a duty of healthcare equity, aimed at protecting the health and quality of life of a segment of the young and adult population that is the country's productive engine. What do you think of this new healthcare guideline? Your opinion matters; let's discuss it in the comments. Institutions and experts interviewed: Orazio Schillaci – Minister of Health Marcello Gemmato – Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Health Roberto Pella – Member of the Fifth Committee of the Chamber of Deputies and First Signatory of Law No. 149/2025 Anna Maria Colao – Vice President of the Superior Council of Health and Professor at the Federico II University Francesco Saverio Mennini – Head of the Department of Planning, Ministry of Health Raoul Russo – Member of the 5th Permanent Budget Committee of the Senate of the Republic and Conference Promoter Silvio Buscemi – President of the Italian Obesity Society (SIO) and Professor at the University of Palermo. Subscribe to the channel to stay up-to-date on the latest news in scientific dissemination and health policies. #PublicHealth #Prevention #LEA #NationalHealthService #RightToHealth ************************ 🔥 Follow us! WebTV: https://PianetaSalute.TV Magazine: https://www.PianetaSalute.online Instagram:   / pianetasalutetv   X: https://x.com/pianetasalute Facebook:   / pianetasalute   Linkedin:   / pianeta-salute-tv   WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaDP... Telegram: https://t.me/pianetasalute Digital terrestrial: National Channel 221 Pianeta Salute TV (00:00) - Law 149 of 2025: the first global step towards recognizing obesity as a chronic disease (00:44) - Prevention to cure: the Ministry's challenge for an accessible healthcare system For everyone (1:27) - Reversing healthcare spending: investing in health before diseases appear (2:34) - Mayors as territorial sentinels: the role of municipalities against social stigma (3:36) - Beyond words: the urgent need to include obesity in guaranteed levels of care (4:16) - Changing perspective: evaluating the entire patient journey, not just a single treatment (5:13) - Equal care for all: eliminating differences between Italian regions (7:00) - Putting people at the center: overcoming budgetary logic to protect citizens