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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: OBESITY AND METABOLIC SYNDROME ARE CONSIDERED RISK FACTORS TO DIABETES, HYPERTENSION AND OTHERS COMORBIDITIES. IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT HEALTH PROBLEM MANAGEMENT THAT REACHES SERIOUS PROPORTIONS WITHIN THAT ENDEMIC ISSUES IN THE CURRENT WORLD. THE PURPOSE OF OUR WORK IS JOINTLY ANALYZE THE DIAGNOSTICS LAUNCHED IN THE ELECTROCNIC HEALTH RECORDS (EHR) ALLIED WITH BODY MASS INDEX (BMI). METHODS: WE HAVE SEARCHED THROUGH THE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TOOL DISPOSABLE WITHIN THE VITACARE SYSTEM IN OUR PRIMARY CARE AREA, WHERE WE JOINTED TOGETHER THE BMI, INTERNATIONAL CODE OF DISEASE (ICD) OF DIABETES, HYPERTENSION AND OTHER ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: WE HAVE PREVIEWED 13.494 DIABETIC PATIENTS AVAILABE FROM EHR, AFTER SCREENING FOR INCONFORMITIES FROM 19.038. WE FIND 10.569 (78,3%) WITH HYPERTENSION; 5.106 (48,3%) WITH BMI>30Kg/m², AND THE ICD OF OBESITY WERE LAUNCHED IN ONLY 596 (11,6%). EVEN THOSE IN WHICH THEY WERE LAUNCHED, 82,5% STAY OBESE AFTER 3 YEARS OF MEDICAL CARE, AND HALF OF THIS STILL KEEP THE CRITERIA FOR MORBID OBESITY. ONLY 14/596 (2,3%) WHO HAVE OBESITY ICD LAUNCHED, REACH IMC30Kg/m² AFTER 3 YEARS. WHY SUCH THAT SUB-DIAGNOSIS WITHIN DIABETES AND OBESITY SINCE EHR MAKES AVAILABLE THE BMI OF THEM ALL? WHY, EVEN WHEN CORRECT ICD IS LAUNCHED, WE PERSUE TO HAVE AN INADEQUATE THERAPEUTIC RESULT? HOW TO ENCOURAGE OUR FRIENDS OF FAMILY MEDICINE COMMUNITY TO SURPASS THE NECESSITY TO COMBAT OBESITY?