The presence of overweight and obesity in a patient is of medical concern because it
increases the risk for several diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and …

About 97 million adults in the United States are overweight or obese. Obesity and
overweight substantially increase the risk of morbidity from hypertension; dyslipidemia; type …

The development of consensus guidelines for obesity is complex. It involves recommending
both treatment interventions and interventions related to screening and prevention. With so …

Obesity is a chronic disease associated with limited quality of life and high morbidity and
mortality risks that require long-term medical attention (WHO, 2000, level IV). Care shortages …

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Abstract The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes has released clinical guidelines to
arrest the growing proportion of obesity in the US population. The guidelines focused on the …

This book of guidelines is the result of efforts by a group of Italian experts in the treatment of
obesity. Responsibility for individual sections has rested with, Luca Busetto, Barbara Cresci …

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The Dutch College of General Practitioners (Dutch acronym: NHG) recently published a
summary of their practice guidelines for the treatment of obesity in this journal. In the …

Responding to the growing epidemic of obesity and obesity-related chronic diseases, over
the last 4 years numerous guidelines and position statements have been published to assist …