ArticleClinical obesity2018
Personalizing obesity assessment and care planning in primary care: patient experience and outcomes in everyday life and health.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Social justice for adults with high body weight: a systematic review.International journal for equity in health · 2026Pooled it
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- Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2020 · on this mapGuideline
- Cardio-Obesity and Therapeutic Advances: Intersections Between Excess Adiposity, Cardiovascular Risk, and Pharmacologic Interventions.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2026Review
- Integrating patient-reported weight gain cause narratives into personalized obesity management: a data-driven approach with natural language processing and machine learning.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Visual Expressions of Patient's Perceptions of Obesity-Related Stigma Through Drawing.Obesity surgery · 2025Article
- Does a heritable common latent factor explain body mass index, percent body fat, and waist circumference across childhood?International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- The expanding role of GLP-1 receptor agonists: a narrative review of current evidence and future directions.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Review
- A Pilot Feasibility Study Exploring the Preliminary Effectiveness of an AI-Driven Virtual Human Intervention for General Practitioner Obesity Education and Communication-Skills Training.Obesity science & practice · 2025Article
- Weight stigma and bias: standards of care in overweight and obesity-2025.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2025Review
- 'Beyond the Scale': A Qualitative Exploration of the Impact of Weight Stigma Experienced by Patients With Obesity in General Practice.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Transforming the landscape of obesity education - The Canadian obesity education competencies.Obesity pillars · 2023Review
- Patients' experience of accessing healthcare for obesity in Peninsular Malaysia: a qualitative descriptive study.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Role of cultural brokering in advancing holistic primary care for diabetes and obesity: a participatory qualitative study.BMJ open · 2023Article
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- Can We Deliver Person-Centred Obesity Care Across the Globe?Current obesity reports · 2022Review
- Understanding the bigger picture: syndemic interactions of the immigrant and refugee context with the lived experience of diabetes and obesity.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Contextually Appropriate Tools and Solutions to Facilitate Healthy Eating Identified by People with Type 2 Diabetes.Nutrients · 2021Article
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- Transforming Health Experience and Action through Shifting the Narrative on Obesity in Primary Care Encounters.Qualitative health research · 2020Article
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Abstract
Obesity is a complex, chronic disease, frequently associated with multiple comorbidities. Its management is hampered by a lack of translation of evidence on chronicity and pathophysiology into clinical practice. Also, it is not well understood how to support effective provider-patient communication that adequately addresses patients' personal root causes and barriers and helps them feel capable to take action for their health. This study examined interpersonal processes during clinical consultations, their impacts, and outcomes with the aim to develop an approach to personalized obesity assessment and care planning. We used a qualitative, explorative design with 20 participants with obesity, sampling for maximum variation, to examine video-recorded consultations, patient interviews at three time points, provider interviews and patient journals. Analysis was grounded in a dialogic interactional perspective and found eight key processes that supported patients in making changes to improve health: compassion and listening; making sense of root causes and contextual factors in the patient's story; recognizing strengths; reframing misconceptions about obesity; focusing on whole-person health; action planning; fostering reflection and experimenting. Patient outcomes include activation, improved physical and psychological health. The proposed approach fosters emphatic care relationships and sensible care plans that support patients in making manageable changes to improve health.
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