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GuidelineObesity facts2008

Management of obesity in adults: European clinical practice guidelines.

Constantine Tsigos, Vojtech Hainer, Arnaud Basdevant, Nick Finer, Martin Fried, Elisabeth Mathus-Vliegen, Dragan Micic, Maximo Maislos, Gabriela Roman, Yves Schutz and 3 more

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Guideline in Obesity facts, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 135 papers, 5 of them syntheses that 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

135 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Constantine TsigosMetabolism and Diabetes Unit, Evgenidion Hospital, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece. ctsigos@gmail.com
Vojtech Hainer
Arnaud Basdevant
Nick Finer
Martin Fried
Elisabeth Mathus-Vliegen
Dragan Micic
Maximo Maislos
Gabriela Roman
Yves Schutz
Hermann Toplak
Barbara Zahorska-Markiewicz
Obesity Management Task Force of the European Association for the Study of Obesity

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of consensus guidelines for obesity is complex. It involves recommending both treatment interventions and interventions related to screening and prevention. With so many publications and claims, and with the awareness that success for the individual is short-lived, many find it difficult to know what action is appropriate in the management of obesity. Furthermore, the significant variation in existing service provision both within countries as well as across the regions of Europe makes a standardised approach, even if evidence-based, difficult to implement. In formulating these guidelines, we have attempted to use an evidence-based approach while allowing flexibility for the practicing clinician in domains where evidence is currently lacking and ensuring that in treatment there is recognition of clinical judgment and of regional diversity as well as the necessity of an agreed approach by the individual and family. We conclude that i) physicians have a responsibility to recognise obesity as a disease and help obese patients with appropriate prevention and treatment, ii) treatment should be based on good clinical care and evidence-based interventions and iii) obesity treatment should focus on realistic goals and lifelong management.

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AdultEuropeHumansObesityPrevalencePrimary Health Care

Identifiers

PMID20054170
PMCPMC6452117

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