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- Title
Executive Summary: Guidelines (2013) for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults.
- Authors
Jensen, Michael D.; Ryan, Donna H.; Donato, Karen A.; Apovian, Caroline M.; Ard, Jamy D.; Comuzzie, Anthony G.; Hu, Frank B.; Hubbard, Van S.; Jakicic, John M.; Kushner, Robert F.; Loria, Catherine M.; Millen, Barbara E.; Nonas, Cathy A.; Pi ‐ Sunyer, F. Xavier; Stevens, June; Stevens, Victor J.; Wadden, Thomas A.; Wolfe, Bruce M.; Yanovski, Susan Z.
- Abstract
The article presents an executive summary of the "Guidelines (2013) for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults," published in the U.S. by the Obesity Society and American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Topics discussed include the scope of the guidelines, the reasons for updating obesity clinical guidelines and the organization of the Obesity Expert Panel in 2007.
- Subjects
BODY weight; OBESITY; GUIDELINES; NUTRITION disorders; BODY mass index
- Publication
Obesity (19307381), 2014, Vol 22, Issue Supp 2, pS5
- ISSN
1930-7381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/oby.20821