-Evaluate weight loss at 16 weeks; if at least 4% of body weight has not been lost, it is unlikely the patient will achieve and sustain clinically meaningful weight loss with continued treatment.
1 In approximately 54% of human trafficking cases, the recruiter is a stranger, and in 46% of the cases, the recruiters know the victim. 2  Fifty-two percent of human trafficking recruiters are men, 42% are women, and 6% are both men and women.
Accordingly, an estimated 80 percent of trafficking victims worldwide are women and children. 10. In the United States, victims of trafficking are almost exclusively immigrants, and mostly immigrant women. 11 The average age of trafficking victims in the U.S. is 20. 12 In the U.S., immigrant women and children are particularly vulnerable to the deceptive and coercive tactics of traffickers because of their lower levels of education, inability to speak English, immigration status, and lack of ...