دورية أكاديمية

Weight maintenance: challenges, tools and strategies for primary care physicians

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العنوان: Weight maintenance: challenges, tools and strategies for primary care physicians
المؤلفون: Soleymani, T., Daniel, S., Garvey, W. T.
المساهمون: Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
المصدر: Obesity Reviews ; volume 17, issue 1, page 81-93 ; ISSN 1467-7881 1467-789X
بيانات النشر: Wiley
سنة النشر: 2015
المجموعة: Wiley Online Library (Open Access Articles via Crossref)
الوصف: Summary Obesity is recognized as a chronic disease and one of the major healthcare challenges facing us today. Weight loss can be achieved via lifestyle, pharmacological and surgical interventions, but weight maintenance remains a lifetime challenge for individuals with obesity. Guidelines for the management of obesity have highlighted the role of primary care providers ( PCPs ). This review examines the long‐term outcomes of clinical trials to identify effective weight maintenance strategies that can be utilized by PCPs . Because of the broad nature of the topic, a structured PubMed search was conducted to identify relevant research articles, peer‐reviewed reviews, guidelines and articles published by regulatory bodies. Trials have demonstrated the benefit of sustained weight loss in managing obesity and its comorbidities. Maintaining 5–10% weight loss for ≥1 year is known to ameliorate many comorbidities. Weight maintenance with lifestyle modification – although challenging – is possible but requires long‐term support to reinforce diet, physical activity and behavioural changes. The addition of pharmacotherapy to lifestyle interventions promotes greater and more sustained weight loss. Clinical evidence and recently approved pharmacotherapy has given PCPs improved strategies to support their patients with maintenance of weight loss. Further studies are needed to assess the translation of these strategies into clinical practice.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12322
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12322Test
حقوق: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.2E3AEDBD
قاعدة البيانات: BASE