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ReviewCurrent obesity reports2013

Obesity, Complexity, and the Role of the Health System.

Sarah Frood, Lee M Johnston, Carrie L Matteson, Diane T Finegood

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Review in Current obesity reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Recommendations for growth monitoring, and prevention and management of overweight and obesity in children and youth in primary care.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2015
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  5. Adopting a systems-thinking approach to optimise dietary and exercise referral practices for cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  9. The economic burden of obesity in Italy: a cost-of-illness study.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2022
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  10. Obesity and sickness absenteeism among health workers in a private hospital in South Africa.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2022
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  13. Cardiometabolic Clinics: Is There a Need for a Multidisciplinary Clinic?Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2022
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  19. Repurposing Disulfiram as an Anti-Obesity Drug: Treating and Preventing Obesity in High-Fat-Fed Rats.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sarah FroodChronic Disease Systems Modelling Lab, Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, WMC 2805, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 Canada.
Lee M Johnston
Carrie L Matteson
Diane T Finegood

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As obesity continues to increase throughout the world, there is still no well-defined solution to the issue. Reducing obesity poses a significant challenge for the health care system because it is a complex problem with numerous interconnections and elements. The complexity of obesity challenges traditional primary care practices that have been structured to address simple or less complicated conditions. Systems thinking provides a way forward for clinicians that are discouraged or overwhelmed by the complexity of obesity. At any given level, individuals matter and system functioning is optimized when our capacity is well matched to the complexity of our tasks. Shifting paradigms around the causes of obesity is essential for creating a health care system that promotes innovative and collaborative practice for healthcare practitioners and individuals dealing with obesity.

Indexed as

CapacityComplexityFeedbackHealth systemObesityParadigmsPrimary careSystems thinking

Identifiers

PMID24273701
PMCPMC3824226

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