Obstetrics, gynecology, andrology, sexual and reproductive health

Obesity, eating disorders

Obesity

Africa

• WHO African Region
  • 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

• Australian Journal of General Practice
  • Barriers to progression through Australian obesity management pathways: Survey data from the ACTION-IO study [2023]

• 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]

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

• Obesity Canada
  • Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines

• 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 European Region
  • 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]

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • Current Status and Response to the Global Obesity Pandemic: Proceedings of a Workshop [2019]

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

• PLoS ONE
  • A systematic review of the burden of, access to services for and perceptions of patients with overweight and obesity, in humanitarian crisis settings [2023]

Ireland

• Obesity Facts
  • Obesity in Adults: A 2022 Adapted Clinical Practice Guideline for Ireland [2022]

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

• Nutrients
  • Obesity in Adults: Position Statement of Polish Association for the Study on Obesity, Polish Association of Endocrinology, Polish Association of Cardiodiabetology, Polish Psychiatric Association, Section of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery of the Association of Polish Surgeons, and the College of Family Physicians in Poland [2023]

• 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 and Southeast Asia

• Obesity Reviews
  • Obesity in South and Southeast Asia-A new consensus on care and management [2023]

South-East Asia

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

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 [2023]
  • 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]

• Social Science & Medicine
  • Clinician resistance to broaching the topic of weight in primary care: Digging deeper into weight management using strong structuration theory [2023]

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 Endocrinology Consensus Statement: Addressing Stigma and Bias in the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Obesity/Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease and Assessing Bias and Stigmatization as Determinants of Disease Severity [2023]
  • 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]

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • Using Systems Applications to Inform Obesity Solutions: Proceedings of a Workshop [2021]
  • Integrating Systems and Sectors Toward Obesity Solutions: Proceedings of a Workshop [2021]
  • Advancing Effective Obesity Communications: Proceedings of a Workshop [2020]
  • Advancing Obesity Solutions Through Investments in the Built Environment: Proceedings of a Workshop [2018]

• Obesity
  • Obesity among Latinx people in the United States: A review [2023]
  • Obesity among Asian American people in the United States: A review [2023]
  • Obesity among African American people in the United States: A review [2023]

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

WHO

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

WHO South-East Asia Region

• WHO South-East Asia Region
  • Obesity and overweight in South-East Asia

WHO Western Pacific Region

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

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