Criteria for selection of appropriate candidates for bariatric surgery have been established to minimize surgical complications and to maximize the benefit of these important and limited procedures.
The preoperative workup should evaluate a patient’s medical, nutritional, mental and functional health...
Bariatric surgery should be considered for patients with severe obesity (body mass index (BMI) ≥ 35 kg/m2) and obesity-related diseases, or BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2 without obesity-related diseases.
Bariatric surgery could be considered for patients with obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) with severe obesity-related d...
Adherence to consistent post-operative behavioural changes (behaviour modification for nutrition plans, physical activity and vitamin intake) can optimize obesity management and health while minimizing post-operative complications.
Working in partnership, the bariatric surgical centre, the local bariatri...
The management of obesity through technological means has shown benefits in recent years. These include treatment and follow-up strategies delivered through portable devices (e.g., mobile phones), web-based platforms (e.g., websites) and wearable tracking devices (e.g., pedometers).
Technology-based inte...
This chapter addresses the management of weight related to three phases of a woman’s reproductive years – preconception, during pregnancy and postpartum – for adult women with obesity. Although these reproductive periods are addressed separately, it is important to consider that these phases re...
Exploring obesity within the context of multiple co-occurring health, socioeconomic, environmental and cultural factors, and situating these within policy/jurisdictional structures specific to Indigenous populations (e.g., federal versus provincial health funding), can facilitate emerging opportunities f...
Wharton, Sean;
Lau, David C. W;
Vallis, Michael;
Sharma, Arya M;
Biertho, Laurent;
Campbell-Scherer, Denise;
Adamo, Kristi;
Alberga, Angela;
Bell, Rhonda;
Boulé, Normand;
Boyling, Elaine;
Brown, Jennifer;
Calam, Betty;
Clarke, Carol;
Crowshoe, Lindsay;
Divalentino, Dennis;
Forhan, Mary;
Freedhoff, Yoni;
Gagner, Michel;
Glazer, Stephen;
Grand, Cindy;
Green, Michael;
Hahn, Margaret;
Hawa, Raed;
Henderson, Rita;
Hong, Dennis;
Hung, Pam;
Janssen, Ian;
Jacklin, Kristen;
Johnson-Stoklossa, Carlene;
Kemp, Amy;
Kirk, Sara;
Kuk, Jennifer;
Langlois, Marie-France;
Lear, Scott;
McInnes, Ashley;
Macklin, David;
Naji, Leen;
Manjoo, Priya;
Morin, Marie-Philippe;
Nerenberg, Kara;
Patton, Ian;
Pedersen, Sue;
Pereira, Leticia;
Piccinini-Vallis, Helena;
Poddar, Megha;
Poirier, Paul;
Prud’homme, Denis;
Ramos Salas, Ximena;
Rueda-Clausen, Christian;
Russell-Mayhew, Shelly;
Shiau, Judy;
Sherifali, Diana;
Sievenpiper, John;
Sockalingam, Sanjeev;
Taylor, Valerie;
Toth, Ellen;
Twells, Laurie;
Tytus, Richard;
Walji, Shahebina;
Walker, Leah;
Wicklum, Sonja.
Obesity is a complex chronic disease in which abnormal or excess body fat (adiposity) impairs health, increases the risk of long-term medical complications and reduces lifespan.1 Epidemiologic studies define obesity using the body mass index (BMI; weight/height2), which can stratify obesity-related healt...
To aid primary care physicians, emergency medicine physicians, and gynaecologists in the initial investigation of adnexal masses, defined as lumps that appear near the uterus or in or around ovaries, fallopian tubes, or surrounding connective tissue, and to outline recommendations for identifying women w...
To provide recommendations for a systematic approach to the initial investigation and management of a benign ovarian mass and facilitate patient referral to a gynaecologic oncologist for management....
Since 2007 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations
Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have recommended voluntary medical male
circumcision (VMMC) as an important strategy for the prevention of heterosexually
acquired HIV in men in settings where the prevalence of heterosexually trans...
