ADA Releases Inaugural Standards of Care in Overweight and Obesity 2026: 34 New Recommendations, Pharmacologic Section, Five Percent Weight-Loss Target
On Saturday June 6, the Obesity Association (a division of the ADA) released the first stand-alone ADA Standards of Care in Overweight and Obesity: 34 new recommendations across seven sections, with a new pharmacologic-treatment section and a target of sustained body-weight reduction of at least 5%. The standards push obesity drugs from off-label discretion into anchored clinical-appropriateness criteria, the framework health systems and payers will use to write coverage policy.