[HTML][HTML] Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline

S Wharton, DCW Lau, M Vallis, AM Sharma, L Biertho… - Cmaj, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
This guideline update reflects substantial advances in the epidemiology, determinants,
pathophysiology, assessment, prevention and treatment of obesity, and shifts the focus of …

Multimorbidity: a challenge for evidence-based medicine

D Campbell-Scherer - BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, 2010 - ebm.bmj.com
Multimorbidity refers to the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions in one patient. 2
Management targeting one condition in a patient may cause undesirable sequelae with …

Health care providers' perspectives on challenges and opportunities of intercultural health care in diabetes and obesity management: a qualitative study

NN Ofosu, T Luig, N Mumtaz, Y Chiu, KK Lee… - … Open Access Journal, 2023 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Migrants often face worse health outcomes in countries of transit and
destination because of challenges such as financial constraints, employment problems, lack …

[HTML][HTML] Can we deliver person-centred obesity care across the globe?

LJ Ells, M Ashton, R Li, J Logue, C Griffiths… - Current Obesity …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This article discusses what person-centred care is; why it is
critically important in providing effective care of a chronic, complex disease like obesity; and …

[HTML][HTML] Development of key performance indicators to evaluate centralized intake for patients with osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis

CE Barber, JN Patel, L Woodhouse, C Smith… - Arthritis Research & …, 2015 - Springer
Introduction Centralized intake is integral to healthcare systems to support timely access to
appropriate health services. The aim of this study was to develop key performance indicators …

[HTML][HTML] Televised medical talk shows—what they recommend and the evidence to support their recommendations: a prospective observational study

C Korownyk, MR Kolber, J McCormack, V Lam… - bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the quality of health recommendations and claims made on popular
medical talk shows. Design Prospective observational study. Setting Mainstream television …

[HTML][HTML] Improving chronic disease prevention and screening in primary care: results of the BETTER pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

E Grunfeld, D Manca, R Moineddin, KE Thorpe… - BMC family …, 2013 - Springer
Background Primary care provides most of the evidence-based chronic disease prevention
and screening services offered by the healthcare system. However, there remains a gap …

[PDF][PDF] Redefining obesity: beyond the numbers

AM Sharma, DL Campbell-Scherer - Obesity, 2017 - researchgate.net
Both the American and Canadian Medical Associations have now declared obesity to be a
chronic medical disease, not unlike type 2 diabetes or hypertension (1, 2). However …

[HTML][HTML] The 5As team patient study: patient perspectives on the role of primary care in obesity management

J Torti, T Luig, M Borowitz, JA Johnson, AM Sharma… - BMC family …, 2017 - Springer
Background Over 60% of people have overweight or obesity, but only a third report receiving
counselling from primary care providers. We explored patients' perspectives on the role of …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding implementation context and social processes through integrating Normalization Process Theory (NPT) and the Consolidated Framework for …

D Schroeder, T Luig, TL Finch, S Beesoon… - Implementation Science …, 2022 - Springer
Background For successful implementation of an innovation within a complex adaptive
system, we need to understand the ways that implementation processes and their contexts …