Obesity management in primary care

Improving Obesity Management in Adult Primary Care

Obesity: assessment and management in primary care.

Obesity is a complex, multifactorial condition in which excess body fat may put a person at health risk. National data indicate that the prevalence of obesity in the United States is increasing in children and adults. Reversing these trends requires changes in individual behavior and the elimination of societal barriers to healthy lifestyle choices. Basic treatment of overweight and obese patie...

Documentation and management of overweight and obesity in primary care.

PURPOSE We examined overweight/obesity management in primary care in relation to body mass index (BMI), documentation of weight status, and comorbidities. METHODS This analysis of baseline data from the Cholesterol Education and Research Trial included 2330 overweight and obese adult primary care patients from southeastern New England. Data were obtained via a telephone interview and abstract...

Improving management of obesity in primary care: cluster randomised trial.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate a training programme intended to improve the management of obesity, delivered to general practice teams. DESIGN Cluster randomised trial. SETTING Northern and Yorkshire region of England. PARTICIPANTS 44 general practices invited consecutively attending obese adults to participate; 843 patients attended for collection of baseline data and were subsequently randomised...

Obesity in primary care: prevention, management and the paradox

Government and societal efforts to combat obesity are aimed at prevention, although there is a generation for whom excess weight is the rule rather than the exception. Although measures to prevent a worsening of the current epidemic are important, management of obesity must also be prioritised. Obesity management is beset with problems ranging from attitudinal to clinical and pharmacological, a...