Obesity

Research from University of Maryland Provide New Insights into Obesity

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, May 15th, 2011

2011 MAY 15 -- "Clear clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for primary care providers (PCPs) are available that address the identification, evaluation, and treatment of obesity. The number of bariatric surgeries being performed is still low when compared to the number of obese Americans," investigators in Baltimore, United States report.

"This is despite guidelines, data on the efficacy and safety, and technical advances in bariatric surgery. The purpose of this project was to develop a reproducible educational program for PCPs based on CPGs for the identification, evaluation, and treatment of obesity in adults. Sixty PCPs from an existing database were...

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