The meeting was attended by Assoc. Prof. Davor Štimac, President and Assoc. Prof. Sanja Klobučar, Vice President of the Croatian Obesity Society, who welcomed AmCham's initiative.

Prevention and public health initiatives that encourage healthy lifestyles remain key to responding to the obesity problem. Participants agreed that obesity should be treated when prevention does not yield results, especially since Croatia is failing to address this issue. The therapeutic approach appears as a potential solution for certain medical indications, but before its introduction, a financing model needs to be clearly defined that would enable access to modern treatment for motivated patients.

Participants agreed that it is important to include all relevant stakeholders in the dialogue on this important public health challenge.

AmCham representatives were Jurica Toth, AmCham's Healthcare Committee Chair (Medtronic Adriatic), Vanesa Benković, AmCham's Healthcare Committee Member (Novo Nordisk Croatia) and Tomislav Vidović, Policy Officer, AmCham.