Updating obesity management strategies: an audit of Italian specialists.
Eat Weight Disord
; 27(7): 2653-2663, 2022 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-35579858
ABSTRACT
Obesity negatively affects physical and psychological health and increases health care costs. Although there is increasing interest in early diagnosis and timely intervention, there are several principles of care included in the current guidelines for clinical management of obesity that can potentially be updated and improved to address the "clinical inertia" and, consequently, to optimize the management of adult obesity. Using an online Delphi-based process, an Italian board of experts involved in the management of obesity discussed the usefulness of a pro-active approach to the care of patients with obesity, providing a consensus document with practical indications to identify risk factors for morbidity and death and raise awareness throughout the treatment continuum, including the early stages of the disease. In clinical practice, it seems inappropriate to delay an intervention that could avoid progression to a more severe level of obesity and/or prevent the onset of obesity-related comorbidities.Level of evidence Level V, report of expert committee.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Obesity Management
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Eat Weight Disord
Journal subject:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
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METABOLISMO
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italy