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Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline
Sean Wharton, David C.W. Lau, Michael Vallis, Arya M. Sharma, Laurent Biertho, Denise Campbell-Scherer, Kristi Adamo, Angela Alberga, Rhonda Bell, Normand Boulé, Elaine Boyling, Jennifer Brown, Betty Calam, Carol Clarke, Lindsay Crowshoe, Dennis Divalentino, Mary Forhan, Yoni Freedhoff, Michel Gagner, Stephen Glazer, Cindy Grand, Michael Green, Margaret Hahn, Raed Hawa, Rita Henderson, Dennis Hong, Pam Hung, Ian Janssen, Kristen Jacklin, Carlene Johnson-Stoklossa, Amy Kemp, Sara Kirk, Jennifer Kuk, Marie-France Langlois, Scott Lear, Ashley McInnes, David Macklin, Leen Naji, Priya Manjoo, Marie-Philippe Morin, Kara Nerenberg, Ian Patton, Sue Pedersen, Leticia Pereira, Helena Piccinini-Vallis, Megha Poddar, Paul Poirier, Denis Prud’homme, Ximena Ramos Salas, Christian Rueda-Clausen, Shelly Russell-Mayhew, Judy Shiau, Diana Sherifali, John Sievenpiper, Sanjeev Sockalingam, Valerie Taylor, Ellen Toth, Laurie Twells, Richard Tytus, Shahebina Walji, Leah Walker and Sonja Wicklum
CMAJ August 04, 2020 192 (31) E875-E891; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.191707
Sean Wharton
Departments of Medicine (Wharton), Endocrinology and Metabolism (Poddar, Sherifali), Family Medicine (Naji, Tytus) and Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact Canada (Naji), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont; The Wharton Medical Clinic (Wharton, Poddar), Hamilton, Ont.; Departments of Medicine (Lau, Nerenberg) and Family Medicine (Boyling, Henderson, McInnes, Walji, Wicklum), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta (Lau), Calgary, Alta.; Department of Family Medicine (Vallis, Piccinini-Vallis), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Departments of Medicine (Sharma, Toth), Family Medicine (Campbell-Scherer, Kemp), Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science (Bell, Pereira), Physical Education and Recreation (Boulé), and Occupational Therapy (Forhan), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Adult Bariatric Specialty Clinic (Sharma), Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alta.; Obesity Canada (Sharma, Patton, Ramos Salas), Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Surgery (Biertho), Laval University, Quebec, Que.; School of Human Kinetics (Adamo, Prud’homme), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology (Alberga), Concordia University, Montréal, Que.; Bariatric Centre of Excellence (Brown), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.; Departments of Family Practice (Calam) and Endocrinology (Manjoo), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; UBC Family Practice Residency Program (Calam) and Pfizer/Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair in Cardiovascular Prevention Research (Lear), St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC; nutrition consultant (Clarke), Hamilton, Ont.; Indigenous Health Dialogue (Crowshoe), Health Sciences Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; Main East Medical Associates (Divalentino), Hamilton, Ont.; Bariatric Medical Institute (Freedhoff), Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine (Freedhoff) and Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Shiau), Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Herbert Wertheim School of Medicine (Gagner), Florida International University, Miami, Fla.; Hôpital du Sacre Coeur de Montréal (Gagner), Montréal, Que.; Humber River Hospital (Glazer), Toronto, Ont.; Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Glazer), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Departments of Internal Medicine (Glazer), Psychiatry (Hawa, Sockalingam), Family and Community Medicine (Macklin) and Nutritional Sciences (Sievenpiper), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Alberta Health Services (Grand, Hung, Johnson-Stoklossa), Edmonton, Alta.; Departments of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences and Policy Studies (Green), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Kingston Health Sciences Centre (Green), Kingston, Ont.; Providence Care Hospital (Green), Kingston, Ont.; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Hahn, Sockalingam), Toronto, Ont.; University Health Network (Hawa, Sockalingam), Toronto, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Hong), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health (Jacklin), University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth Campus, Duluth, Minn.; School of Kinesiology and Health Studies (Janssen), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; School of Health and Human Performance (Kirk), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; School of Kinesiology and Health Science (Wharton, Kuk), York University, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Endocrinology (Langlois), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Que.; Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l’Estrie - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (Langlois), Sherbrooke, Que.; School of Kinesiology (Lear), Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC; Medcan Clinic (Macklin), Toronto, Ont.; Cardiometabolic Collaborative Clinic (Manjoo), Vancouver Island Health Authority, Victoria, BC; Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec (Morin, Poirier), Laval University, Québec, Que.; Foothills Medical Centre (Nerenberg), Calgary, Alta.; C-ENDO Diabetes & Endocrinology Clinic (Pedersen), Calgary, Alta.; LMC Diabetes and Endocrinology ( Poddar), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Rueda-Clausen), University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Sask.; Regina General Hospital (Rueda-Clausen), Regina, Sask.; Education Psychology (Russell-Mayhew), Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; LEAF Weight Management Clinic (Shiau), Ottawa, Ont.; Heather M. Arthur Population Health Research Institute/Hamilton Health Sciences Chair in Interprofessional Health Research, School of Nursing (Sherifali), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism (Sievenpiper), St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Psychiatry (Taylor), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Pharmacy (Twells), Memorial University, St. John’s, NL; Steelcity Medical Clinic (Tytus), Hamilton, Ont.; Calgary Weight Management Centre (Walji), Calgary, Alta.; School of Population and Public Health (Walker), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health (Walker), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.; O’Brien Institute of Public Health (Wicklum), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
MDDavid C.W. Lau
MD PhD
Michael Vallis
PhD RPsych
Arya M. Sharma
MD PhD
Laurent Biertho
MD
Denise Campbell-Scherer
MD PhD
Kristi Adamo
PhD
Angela Alberga
PhD
Rhonda Bell
PhD
Normand Boulé
PhD
Elaine Boyling
PhD
Jennifer Brown
RD MSc
Betty Calam
MD
Carol Clarke
RD MHSc
Lindsay Crowshoe
MD
Dennis Divalentino
MD
Mary Forhan
OT PhD
Yoni Freedhoff
MD
Michel Gagner
MD
Stephen Glazer
MD
Cindy Grand
MPH
Michael Green
MD MPH
Margaret Hahn
MD PhD
Raed Hawa
MD MSc
Rita Henderson
PhD
Dennis Hong
MD
Pam Hung
MScOT BSc
Ian Janssen
PhD
Kristen Jacklin
PhD
Carlene Johnson-Stoklossa
RD MSc
Amy Kemp
BKin BA
Sara Kirk
PhD
Jennifer Kuk
PhD
Marie-France Langlois
MD
Scott Lear
PhD
Ashley McInnes
PhD
David Macklin
MD
Leen Naji
MD
Priya Manjoo
MD
Marie-Philippe Morin
MD
Kara Nerenberg
MD MSc
Ian Patton
PhD
Sue Pedersen
MD
Leticia Pereira
PhD
Helena Piccinini-Vallis
MD PhD
Megha Poddar
MD
Paul Poirier
MD
Denis Prud’homme
MD MSc
Ximena Ramos Salas
PhD
Christian Rueda-Clausen
MD PhD
Shelly Russell-Mayhew
PhD RPsych
Judy Shiau
MD
Diana Sherifali
RN PhD
John Sievenpiper
MD PhD
Sanjeev Sockalingam
MD MHPE
Valerie Taylor
MD PhD
Ellen Toth
MD
Laurie Twells
PhD
Richard Tytus
MD
Shahebina Walji
MD
Leah Walker
BA RCT
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Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline
Sean Wharton, David C.W. Lau, Michael Vallis, Arya M. Sharma, Laurent Biertho, Denise Campbell-Scherer, Kristi Adamo, Angela Alberga, Rhonda Bell, Normand Boulé, Elaine Boyling, Jennifer Brown, Betty Calam, Carol Clarke, Lindsay Crowshoe, Dennis Divalentino, Mary Forhan, Yoni Freedhoff, Michel Gagner, Stephen Glazer, Cindy Grand, Michael Green, Margaret Hahn, Raed Hawa, Rita Henderson, Dennis Hong, Pam Hung, Ian Janssen, Kristen Jacklin, Carlene Johnson-Stoklossa, Amy Kemp, Sara Kirk, Jennifer Kuk, Marie-France Langlois, Scott Lear, Ashley McInnes, David Macklin, Leen Naji, Priya Manjoo, Marie-Philippe Morin, Kara Nerenberg, Ian Patton, Sue Pedersen, Leticia Pereira, Helena Piccinini-Vallis, Megha Poddar, Paul Poirier, Denis Prud’homme, Ximena Ramos Salas, Christian Rueda-Clausen, Shelly Russell-Mayhew, Judy Shiau, Diana Sherifali, John Sievenpiper, Sanjeev Sockalingam, Valerie Taylor, Ellen Toth, Laurie Twells, Richard Tytus, Shahebina Walji, Leah Walker, Sonja Wicklum
CMAJ Aug 2020, 192 (31) E875-E891; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.191707
Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline
Sean Wharton, David C.W. Lau, Michael Vallis, Arya M. Sharma, Laurent Biertho, Denise Campbell-Scherer, Kristi Adamo, Angela Alberga, Rhonda Bell, Normand Boulé, Elaine Boyling, Jennifer Brown, Betty Calam, Carol Clarke, Lindsay Crowshoe, Dennis Divalentino, Mary Forhan, Yoni Freedhoff, Michel Gagner, Stephen Glazer, Cindy Grand, Michael Green, Margaret Hahn, Raed Hawa, Rita Henderson, Dennis Hong, Pam Hung, Ian Janssen, Kristen Jacklin, Carlene Johnson-Stoklossa, Amy Kemp, Sara Kirk, Jennifer Kuk, Marie-France Langlois, Scott Lear, Ashley McInnes, David Macklin, Leen Naji, Priya Manjoo, Marie-Philippe Morin, Kara Nerenberg, Ian Patton, Sue Pedersen, Leticia Pereira, Helena Piccinini-Vallis, Megha Poddar, Paul Poirier, Denis Prud’homme, Ximena Ramos Salas, Christian Rueda-Clausen, Shelly Russell-Mayhew, Judy Shiau, Diana Sherifali, John Sievenpiper, Sanjeev Sockalingam, Valerie Taylor, Ellen Toth, Laurie Twells, Richard Tytus, Shahebina Walji, Leah Walker, Sonja Wicklum
CMAJ Aug 2020, 192 (31) E875-E891; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.191707
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