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ArticleObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2025

Discrepancies Between Recommendations in Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Management of Obesity in Adolescents and Adults: An Evidence Map.

Jana Brauchmann, Luise Laudenbach, Philipp Kapp, Kathrin Grummich, Julia Lischka, Nicole Vanersa, Edrienny Patricia Alves Accioly Rocha, Gundula Ernst, Joerg J Meerpohl, Antje Tannen and 4 more

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Article in Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Discrepancies Between Recommendations in Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Management of Obesity in Adolescents and Adults: An Evidence Map.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Jana BrauchmannDepartment of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Center for Social-Pediatric Care, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Luise LaudenbachDepartment of Medical Psychology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Philipp KappInstitute for Evidence in Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Kathrin GrummichInstitute for Evidence in Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Julia LischkaDepartment of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Nicole VanersaInstitute of Clinical Nursing Science, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Edrienny Patricia Alves Accioly RochaInstitute of Clinical Nursing Science, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Gundula ErnstDepartment of Medical Psychology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Joerg J MeerpohlInstitute for Evidence in Medicine, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Antje TannenInstitute of Clinical Nursing Science, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Daniel WeghuberDepartment of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Susann Weihrauch-BlüherDepartment of Conservative and Operative Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Clinic for Pediatrics I/Pediatric Endocrinology, University Hospital Halle/S, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Susanna WiegandDepartment of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Center for Social-Pediatric Care, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin und Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Gabriel TorbahnDepartment of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-1463-3119

Funding

German Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) 01VSF22014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimThe aim of this evidence map is to provide a systematic overview of evidence-based guidelines for the management of obesity and to highlight discrepancies between recommendations for the pediatric and adult populations. Knowing about these discrepancies may be relevant during the transition from pediatrics to adult healthcare to enable a structured, successful transfer.

methodsWe used two already existing guideline synopses of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care as a basis and additionally searched Embase and Medline as well as guideline portals for creating a systematic overview of evidence-based pediatric and adult guidelines on obesity management. The quality of the identified guidelines was assessed using AGREE II.

resultsThirty-nine guidelines (published 08/2017 to 08/2023), containing 1248 recommendations, were included in the review and allocated to nine different healthcare categories. Discrepancies between the pediatric and adult populations were mainly identified in diagnostics and health behavior lifestyle treatment. Gaps were found in recommendations for bariatric surgery, pharmacotherapy, and emergency (-contraception).

conclusionThe unique characteristics of adolescence are insufficiently addressed in current evidence-based guidelines. Therefore, healthcare professionals may benefit from considering the discrepancies and gaps identified in this review when providing recommendations during the transition of healthcare for this age group.

Indexed as

Evidence-Based MedicineObesityPediatric ObesityPractice Guidelines as TopicAdolescentAdultBariatric SurgeryHumansYoung Adultevidence mapobesityobesity managementpractice guidelines as topic

Identifiers

PMID40425174
PMCPMC12404892

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