Applying Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines to the Management and Prevention of Obesity

摘要

The recent publication of the comprehensive Canadiannevidence-based clinical practice guidelinesn(CPGs) on obesity prevention and managementnin adults and children is a timely tool to help the primaryncare professionals to meet the challenges of thenescalating obesity epidemic.1 Obesity Canada—a notfor-nprofit organization founded in 1999 to improve thenhealth of Canadians by decreasing the occurrence of obesity—nconvened a panel of experts to determine whetherna comprehensive set of guidelines could be developed to