La Sociedad Chilena de Cirugía Bariátrica y Metabólica, junto a otras sociedades científicas, lideró el proceso de adaptación de la guía de práctica clínica de obesidad en adultos para Chile, tomando como base las directrices desarrolladas para Canadá. La guía canadiense buscó, entre sus prin...
This guideline covers care and management for adults (aged 18 and over) with type 2 diabetes. It focuses on patient education, dietary advice, managing cardiovascular risk, managing blood glucose levels, and identifying and managing long-term complications.
In June 2022, we reviewed the evidence and mad...
Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud, la obesidad se define como una acumulación excesiva de
grasa corporal (1), que tiene una estrecha relación con la aparición o complicación de enfermedades
crónicas como la diabetes, enfermedades cardiovasculares, y el cáncer (2).
En la actualidad, la obe...
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...
According to the 2015 WHO report on overweight and obesity (1), obesity has doubled worldwide in the last 35 years. An estimated 1.8 billion people are overweight and 600 million of them are obese. Obesity among children is also increasing (42 million overweight or obese children under the age of 5). Acc...
Alfadda, A. A;
Al-Dhwayan, M. M;
Alharbi, A. A;
Al Khudhair, B. K;
Al Nozha, O. M;
Al-Qahtani, N. M;
Alzahrani, S. H;
Bardisi, W. M;
Sallam, R. M;
Riva, J. J;
Brożek, J. L;
Schünemann, H. J;
Moore, A.
OBJECTIVE: To assist healthcare providers in evidence-based clinical decision-making for the management of overweight and obese adults in Saudi Arabia. METHODS: The Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia assembled an expert Saudi panel to produce this clinical practice guideline in 2015. In ...
Watanabe, S;
Hashimoto, E;
Ikejima, K;
Uto, H;
Ono, M;
Sumida, Y;
Seike, M;
Takei, Y;
Takehara, T;
Tokushige, K;
Nakajima, A;
Yoneda, M;
Saibara, T;
Shiota, G;
Sakaida, I;
Nakamuta, M;
Mizuta, T;
Tsubouchi, H;
Sugano, K;
Shimosegawa, T.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is currently the most common cause of chronic liver disease in industrialized countries worldwide, and has become a serious public health issue not only in Western countries but also in many Asian countries including Japan. Within the wide spectrum of NAFLD, nonal...
This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing obesity in children (aged 2 years and over), young people and adults. It aims to improve the use of bariatric surgery and very-low-calorie diets to help people who are obese to reduce their weight....
