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ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2022

Updating obesity management strategies: an audit of Italian specialists.

Luca Busetto, Maria Grazia Carbonelli, Antonio Caretto, Annamaria Colao, Claudio Cricelli, Maurizio De Luca, Francesco Giorgino, Lucio Gnessi, Gerardo Medea, Giovanni Pappagallo and 3 more

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Article in Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 12 institutions in 2 countries.

Luca BusettoDepartement of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. luca.busetto@unipd.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4883-8980
Maria Grazia CarbonelliDietology and Nutrition Unit, AO San Camillo Forlanini, Rome, Italy.
Antonio CarettoPresidente ADI (Italian Dietetic and Clinical Nutrition Association) Foundation, Rome, Italy.
Annamaria ColaoDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Università Federico II di Napoli, Naples, Italy.
Claudio CricelliMedico di Medicina Generale-Presidente SIMG (Italian Society of General Medicin), Firenze, Italy.
Maurizio De LucaDepartment of General Surgery, Ospedale di Rovigo, Viale Tre Martiri 140, Rovigo, Italy.
Francesco GiorginoSection of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Lucio GnessiSection of Medical Pathophysiology, Food Science and Endocrinology, Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Gerardo MedeaMedico Di Medicina Generale, ATS Brescia; Responsabile nazionale ricerca e macroarea prevenzione della SIMG, Firenze, Italy.
Giovanni PappagalloSchool of Clinical Methodology, IRCCS "Sacre Heart-Don Calabria", Negrar di Valpolicella, Italy.
Ferruccio SantiniObesity and Lipodystrophy Center, Endocrinology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Paolo SbracciaDepartment of Systems Medicine, Unit of Internal Medicine-Obesity Center, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Policlinico Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Marco Antonio ZappaDepartment of General Surgery, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco Milano, Presidio ospedaliero Fatebenefratelli Milano; Presidente Nazionale Sicob (Italian Society of Obesity Surgery), Milan, Italy.
ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana · ITCarlo Forlanini Hospital · ITMedico · CZOspedale di Rivoli · ITOspedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITSocietà Italiana di Medicina Generale · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITUniversity of Padua · ITUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity negatively affects physical and psychological health and increases health care costs. Although there is increasing interest in early diagnosis and timely intervention, there are several principles of care included in the current guidelines for clinical management of obesity that can potentially be updated and improved to address the "clinical inertia" and, consequently, to optimize the management of adult obesity. Using an online Delphi-based process, an Italian board of experts involved in the management of obesity discussed the usefulness of a pro-active approach to the care of patients with obesity, providing a consensus document with practical indications to identify risk factors for morbidity and death and raise awareness throughout the treatment continuum, including the early stages of the disease. In clinical practice, it seems inappropriate to delay an intervention that could avoid progression to a more severe level of obesity and/or prevent the onset of obesity-related comorbidities.Level of evidence Level V, report of expert committee.

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Obesity ManagementAdultConsensusHumansItalyObesityRisk FactorsAdipose tissueAdult obesityBariatric surgeryCardio-metabolic riskObesity comorbiditiesObesity management

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PMCPMC9556338
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