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Obesity, eating disorders

Obesity

 

Africa

• WHO Regional Office for Africa
  • Obesity

Asia, Pacific

• Tropical Medicine & International Health
  • Economic burden of underweight and overweight among adults in the Asia-Pacific region: a systematic review [2016]

Australia

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • Overweight and obesity: an interactive insight [2020]
  • Overweight & obesity

• Department of Health Australia
  • Overweight and obesity

• Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
  • The Australian Obesity Management Algorithm: A simple tool to guide the management of obesity in primary care [2022]

• Pilot and Feasibility Studies
  • A collaborative process for developing a weight management toolkit for general practitioners in Australia—an intervention development study using the Knowledge To Action framework [2016]

Brazil

• Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • Is the management of obesity in primary health care appropriate in Brazil? [2021]
  • Obesity and public policies: the Brazilian government’s definitions and strategies [2017]

Canada

• BCGuidelines
  • Overweight and obese adults - Diagnosis and management [2011]

• BMC Health Services Research
  • Weight management in Canada: an environmental scan of health services for adults with obesity [2014]

• CMAJ
  • Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline [2020]

• Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
  • Cost analyses of obesity in Canada: scope, quality, and implications [2013]

• Public Health Ontario
  • Obesity

Caribbean and Pacific

• Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
  • Regulatory measures to fight obesity in Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean and Pacific, 2015 – 2017 [2018]

China

• Frontiers of Medicine
  • Obesity in China: its characteristics, diagnostic criteria, and implications [2015]

Europe

• European Association for the Study of Obesity
  • Obesity and COVID-19: The Two Sides of the Coin [2020]
  • Obesity and COVID-19: A Perspective from the European Association for the Study of Obesity on Immunological Perturbations, Therapeutic Challenges, and Opportunities in Obesity [2020]
  • European Association for the Study of Obesity Position Statement on the Global COVID-19 Pandemic [2020]
  • The ABCD of Obesity: An EASO Position Statement on a Diagnostic Term with Clinical and Scientific Implications [2019]
  • European Guidelines for Obesity Management in Adults [2015]
  • Need for a Paradigm Shift in Adult Overweight and Obesity Management - an EASO Position Statement on a Pressing public Health, Clinical and Scientific Challenge in Europe [2014]
  • Beyond BMI - Phenotyping the Obesities [2014]

• European Society of Endocrinology
  • European Society of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guideline: Endocrine work-up in obesity [2020]

• Obesity Facts
  • OBEDIS Core Variables Project: European Expert Guidelines on a Minimal Core Set of Variables to Include in Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trials of Obesity Interventions [2020]
  • European Practical and Patient-Centred Guidelines for Adult Obesity Management in Primary Care [2019]
  • Obesity Management in Europe: Current Status and Objectives for the Future [2016]

• WHO Regional Office for Europe
  • Obesity and inequities: guidance for addressing inequities in overweight and obesity [2014]
  • The challenge of obesity in the WHO European Region and the strategies for response [2007]
  • Obesity EURO

Germany

• Obesity Facts
  • The Economic Burden of Obesity in Germany: Results from the Population-Based KORA Studies [2016]

High-income countries

• Obesity Reviews
  • Management of overweight and obesity in primary care—A systematic overview of international evidence-based guidelines [2019]

Hungary

• BMC Family Practice
  • Primary care obesity management in Hungary: evaluation of the knowledge, practice and attitudes of family physicians [2013]

India

• Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • ESI Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Obesity In India [2022]

• Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
  • Evidence and consensus-based clinical practice guidelines for management of overweight and obesity in midlife women: An AIIMS-DST initiative [2022]

International

• International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Management of obesity across women's life course: FIGO Best Practice Advice [2023]

• Nature Medicine
  • Joint international consensus statement for ending stigma of obesity [2020]

Italy

• Eating and Weight Disorders
  • Updating obesity management strategies: an audit of Italian specialists [2022]
  • SIO management algorithm for patients with overweight or obesity: consensus statement of the Italian Society for Obesity (SIO) [2016]

Malaysia

• Medical Journal of Malaysia
  • A Review of Adult Obesity Research in Malaysia [2016]

New Zealand

• Ministry of Health New Zealand
  • Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management in New Zealand Adults [2017]
  • Implementing the Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management in New Zealand: 2010/11 [2010]
  • Obesity - information for health professionals

• Obesity Reviews
  • Barriers to obesity health care from GP and client perspectives in New Zealand general practice: A meta-ethnography review [2022]

Nigeria

• Annals of African Medicine
  • Performance of waist circumference and proposed cutoff levels for defining overweight and obesity in Nigerians [2016]

• Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice
  • Obesity: An emerging disease [2011]

Pakistan

• Journal of Pakistan Medical Association
  • Socio-economic, environmental and demographic determinants of rise in obesity among Pakistani women: A Systematic Review [2016]

Poland

• Polish Archives of Internal Medicine
  • Management of obesity in the times of climate change and COVID-19: an interdisciplinary expert consensus report [2022]

Republic of Korea

• Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Optimal Waist Circumference Cutoff Values for the Diagnosis of Abdominal Obesity in Korean Adults [2014]
  • 2014 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Overweight and Obesity in Korea [2014]

• Healthcare Informatics Research
  • Development of a Smartphone Application for Clinical-Guideline-Based Obesity Management [2015]

• Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome
  • Evaluation and Treatment of Obesity and Its Comorbidities: 2022 Update of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Obesity by the Korean Society for the Study of Obesity [2023]
  • Public Statement on the Importance of Prevention and Management of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome during the COVID-19 Pandemic [2021]
  • 2020 Korean Society for the Study of Obesity Guidelines for the Management of Obesity in Korea [2021]
  • 2018 Korean Society for the Study of Obesity Guideline for the Management of Obesity in Korea [2019]

Saudi Arabia

• Obesity Reviews
  • Prevalence, risk factors, and interventions for obesity in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review [2022]

Singapore

• Ministry of Health Singapore
  • Health Promotion Board–Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Obesity [2016]

South Africa

• Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
  • Socio-cultural, environmental and behavioural determinants of obesity in black South African women [2013]

South-East Asia

• PLoS ONE
  • Urban Environments and Obesity in Southeast Asia: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression [2014]

• WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
  • Obesity and overweight in South-East Asia

Spain

• Endocrinología, Diabetes y Nutrición (English ed.)
  • Obesity and COVID-19. A necessary position statement [2021]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• BMC Obesity
  • Complex association between rural/urban residence, household wealth and women’s overweight: evidence from 30 cross-sectional national household surveys in Africa [2017]

Thailand

• BMC Health Services Research
  • Economic costs of obesity in Thailand: a retrospective cost-of-illness study [2014]

United Arab Emirates

• Obesity Facts
  • Clinical Practice Recommendations for the Management of Obesity in the United Arab Emirates [2018]

United Kingdom

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Obesity: identification, assessment and management [2022]
  • Managing overweight and obesity in adults – lifestyle weight management services [2014]
  • Obesity

• NHS England
  • Managing a healthy weight in adult secure services – practice guidance [2021]

• Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
  • Weight management
  • Adult obesity: applying All Our Health

• Public Health England
  • Whole systems approach to obesity
  • Obesity, weight management and people with learning disabilities

• Public Health Scotland
  • Public attitudes to reducing overweight and obesity in Scotland [2018]

United States

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Screening for and Management of Obesity and Overweight in Adults [2011]

• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
  • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guidelines for Comprehensive Medical Care of Patients with Obesity [2016]
  • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology Position Statement on the 2014 Advanced Framework for a New Diagnosis of Obesity as a Chronic Disease [2014]

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • Ethical Considerations for the Care of Patients With Obesity [2019]

• American Heart Association
  • 2013 AHA/ACC/TOS Guideline for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults [2013]
  • Assessing adiposity: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association [2011]

• American Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • U.S. Health Professionals’ Views on Obesity Care, Training, and Self-Efficacy [2015]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Overweight & Obesity

• Endocrine Society
  • The Science of Obesity Management: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement [2018]

• Obesity Reviews
  • Weight Loss and Black Women: A Systematic Review of the Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention Literature [2012]

Western Pacific

• WHO Western Pacific Region
  • Overweight and obesity in the Western Pacific Region : an equity perspective [2017]
  • Obesity WPRO

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • Obesity and overweight: Fact sheet
  • Obesity
  • Controlling the global obesity epidemic

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