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Putting an Obesity "Call to Action" Into Action
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The recent Special Article by Manson et al1 should be commended as a plea to clinicians to address and manage a problem that significantly impacts quality of life and increases morbidity and mortality.
The blueprint for action outlined by Manson et al1 provides a diagrammatic algorithm for the evaluation and counseling of an overweight patient with special emphasis on physical activity counseling. Although useful, the obesity care process involves multiple steps, ranging from initially broaching the subject of body weight with the patient to possible discussions on the risks and benefits of pharmacological or surgical therapy. The clinicians' confidence and willingness to engage in obesity care is likely to be enhanced by providing the knowledge, dialogue, communication skills, strategies, and resources needed to do so. Assessment and Management of Adult Obesity: A Primer for Physicians, in the American Medical Association's Roadmaps For Clinical Practice series, was written specifically for this . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Robert F. Kushner, MD
Correspondence: Dr Kushner, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 150 East Huron, Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60611 (rkushner@nmh.org).
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