Primary Care:Evaluation and Management of Obesity

Description:

Written by and for primary care professionals, this unique title presents step-by-step, evidence-based information for the assessment and treatment of patients who present with overweight or obesity.

Highly practical and easy to use, Primary Care: Obesity helps you develop and hone the specific knowledge, skills, and clinical practices necessary to provide effective care to this highly prevalent and at-risk patient population.

This comprehensive guide is an essential resource for today?

€™s internal medicine and family medicine physicians, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals who practice outpatient primary care.

Table of Contents:

1 Obesity as a Disease

2 The Obesity Encounter

3 Assessment and Staging: Identification and Evaluation of the High-­Risk Patient

4 Comanagement of Obesity-­Related Comorbidities: Assessment, Treatment, and Monitoring

5 Dietary Treatment

6 Physical Activity Treatment

7 Behavioral Treatment

8 Obesity Pharmacotherapy

9 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

10 Care of the Post?

€“Bariatric Surgery Patient

11 Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity

12 Practice Management

13 Team Care, Referrals, and Practice Resources

Appendix A: Resources for the Healthcare Professional

Appendix B: Quiz Questions