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The Bariatric-Metabolic Physician’s Role in Managing Clinically Severe Obesity
- Source :
- Current Obesity Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer US, 2021.
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Abstract
- Purpose of Review The aim of this review is to outline the obesity physician’s role in managing patients with severe obesity with a particular emphasis on bariatric surgery candidates. Recent Findings Obesity is a chronic, relapsing and progressive disease. Scoring systems that evaluate the severity of obesity based on the clinical assessment, rather than the Body Mass Index, are a valuable tool. The clinical assessment should explore the underlying contributors for weight gain and screen for obesity-related complications. Bariatric surgery remains the most effective management approach for severe and complex obesity. Nevertheless, pharmacotherapy and other non-surgical approaches play an important role. Summary The bariatric-metabolic physician’s role is paramount in delivering effective care to patients with obesity. The multiple complications of patients with clinically severe obesity highlight the complexity of their management and reinforce the need for adequate assessment and long-term follow-up to ensure optimal clinical outcomes.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Behavioral therapy
Health Services and Programs (R Welbourn and C Borg, Section Editors)
Bariatric Surgery
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Weight Gain
Clinically severe
Bariatric
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pharmacotherapy
Diabetes mellitus
medicine
Humans
Obesity
Intensive care medicine
Physician's Role
030109 nutrition & dietetics
business.industry
Effective management
General Medicine
Severe obesity
medicine.disease
Management
Obesity, Morbid
Physician
business
Body mass index
Progressive disease
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21624968
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current Obesity Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d1ae7bbd27e4b8414c303865d3613780