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ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2018

Weight Management in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: a Multidisciplinary Real-world Approach.

Osama Hamdy, Sahar Ashrafzadeh, Adham Mottalib

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In one paragraph

Review in Current diabetes reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Obesity in South and Southeast Asia-A new consensus on care and management.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2023
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  6. Time Trends of Body Mass Index and its Impact on Glycemic Control Among Finnish Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2025
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  12. Silver Sulfadiazine Eradicates Antibiotic-TolerantJournal of clinical medicine · 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Osama HamdyJoslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, One Joslin Place, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. Osama.Hamdy@joslin.harvard.edu.
Sahar AshrafzadehJoslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, One Joslin Place, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Adham MottalibJoslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, One Joslin Place, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Joslin Diabetes Center · USHarvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewObesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are closely linked metabolic diseases. Most individuals with T2D are overweight or obese, which raises their cardiovascular risk. The etiology of both diseases is multifaceted, thus requiring a multidisciplinary approach to control them. This review describes the most effective multidisciplinary approach to weight management in patients with T2D in real-world clinical practice. RECENT

findingsWeight management programs in real-world clinical settings lead to long-term weight loss for up to 5 years. Multidisciplinary approach to manage obesity and T2D through weight reduction is feasible in real-world clinical practice and is recommended as part of the treatment plan for patients with T2D who are overweight or obese. Recent data demonstrates that multidisciplinary approach to weight management in patients with T2D results in long-term weight loss and is associated with improved cardiovascular risk factors.

Indexed as

Body WeightInterdisciplinary ResearchCognitionDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2ExerciseHumansObesityBariatric surgeryBehavioral therapyNutrition therapyObesityType 2 diabetesWeight loss

Identifiers

PMID30019229
PMCPMC6061196
OpenAlexW2883825056

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