A proposed clinical staging system for obesity

By Arya M. Sharma, R. Kushner. International Journal of Obesity, 2009

614 citations recorded by the source corpus.

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

The Cardiovascular and Metabolic Heterogeneity of Obesity: Clinical Challenges and Implications for Management (2018, methodology): “One alternative paradigm that had been developed is a clinical staging system that ranks individuals with excess adiposity on a 5-point ordinal scale while incorporating obesity-related comorbidities and functional status into the global clinical patient assessment (Table 3).(75) Investigators exam”
Clinical practice guidelines for the perioperative nutrition, metabolic, and nonsurgical support of patients undergoing bariatric procedures - 2019 update: cosponsored by American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology, The Obesity Society, American Society for Me (2019, background): “(2019*). Because informed consent is a dynamic process, there must be a thorough discussion with the patient regarding the risks and benefits, procedural options, choices of surgeon and medical institution, and the need for long-term follow-up and vitamin supplementation (including costs required to”
Metabolically Healthy Obesity (2020, background): “For an individual with MHO without functional impairment (EOSS stage 0), avoiding further weight gain would be recommended, but the health benefits of an aggressive weight-loss program are considered marginal (95).”