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    Primary care and primary healthcare in obesity management

    Vallis, T. Michael; Piccinini-Vallis, Helena; BKin, Amy Kemp; Campbell-Scherer, Denise; Walji, Shahebina.
    Primary care clinicians should initiate patient-centred conversations with their patients about overweight or obesity. The 5As of Obesity ManagementTM (Ask-Assess-Advise-Agree-Assist) approach, starting with asking permission to discuss weight, is an appropriate format to use. Primary care clinicians sho...
    Primary Health Care, Obesity/therapy, Holistic Health, Anti-Obesity Agents
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    Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline

    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.
    Can. Med. Assoc. J; 192 (31), 2020
    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...
    Obesity Management, Obesity/therapy, Social Determinants of Health, Nutrition Therapy, Obesity/complications, Body Mass Index, Healthy Lifestyle
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