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...
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...
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....
