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Confronting the Obesity Epidemic: The Role of General Practitioners in Prevention

The obesity epidemic presents significant health challenges worldwide. This article explores how general practitioners (GPs) can effectively contribute to addressing this issue. It discusses the influence of GPs on patient weight management, the importance of preventive measures, and the need for interdisciplinary collaboration in healthcare. By focusing on moderate overweight and metabolic syndromes, offering dietary consulting, and implementing structured weight control programs, GPs can play a pivotal role in combating obesity and promoting healthier lifestyles.

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Confronting the Obesity Epidemic: The Role of General Practitioners in Prevention

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  1. The overweightepidemic HowcanGeneral Practitionerscontributeto fight it?

  2. Lancet 2009:373:1083-96

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  6. How do GPsinfluence the obesityepidemictoday? • Extremeoverweight • Admission to surgery • Moderate overweight/metabolic syndrom • Performweightcontrols • Offer dietaryconsulting • Prevention?

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  9. In fighting the obesityepidemic We have so far advised to • Loseweight • Eatless and more healthy • Be more physicalactive Maybeweneed to give priority to • Prevention • Interdisciplinarycollaboration

  10. Program • Thorkild IA Sørensen • Institute of PreventiveMedicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark • Maria Koch Aabel/Thomas Skovgaard • Danish National Board of Health/Rambøl Management, Denmark • Carsten Obel • Department of General Medicine, Aarhus University • Carl Erik Flodmark • ChildhoodObesity Unit, Malmø University Hospital, Sweden

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