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...
Asking patients about their performance in daily activities including personal care, mobility and interactions with the built and social environment will provide valuable information about facilitators and barriers to engagement in daily activities, including treatment recommendations. This can help heal...
Regular physical activity induces a wide range of health benefits in adults across all BMI categories, even in the absence of weight loss.
Aerobic and resistance exercise can favour the maintenance or improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness, mobility, strength and muscle mass during weight management...
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...
Overweight and obesity are an increasing health problem of the population all over the world, including in Estonia. According to the data of the Estonian adult population health behavior survey conducted in 2018, 40% of Estonian men and 26% of women are overweight, and 21% of men and 18% of women are obe...
Evaluar la efectividad de las medidas preventivas para disminuir la aparición de nuevos casos de sobrepeso y obesidad en la población general, incluyendo niños y adultos de ambos sexos. Evaluar la efectividad y eventos adversos asociados a los diferentes tratamientos disponibles para el manejo del sob...
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 ...
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....
Generar recomendaciones basadas en evidencia de alta calidad mediante un riguroso proceso de adaptación – elaboración con el fin de disminuir la prevalencia e incidencia de obesidad en la Argentina, a través de la prevención y diagnóstico oportuno....
