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Spanish-speaking patients face significantly greater barriers to accessing weight loss information, with higher rates of unawareness regarding both EBTs and pharmacotherapy compared to English-speaking patients.
If English is not your primary language, you may face greater barriers in learning about weight loss options. Seek out providers or resources that offer materials in your language to ensure you are aware of all available treatments.
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Spanish-speaking individuals had lower rates of awareness of ESG (89% unaware), intragastric balloon (84.8% unaware), or knowledge of effective pharmacotherapy (62.1% unaware) compared to English-Speaking individuals.
Why this rating
Based on survey subgroup analysis.
Source
Patient Perception of Endoscopic and Medical Therapies for Weight Loss
Monica Saumoy et al. · medRxiv · 2023
DOI 10.1101/2023.09.26.23296199
preprint · n=184
Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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