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TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing Integrated Clinical Pathways for the Management of Clinically Severe Adult Obesity
T2 - a Critique of NHS England Policy
AU - Hazelhurst, Jonathan
AU - Logue, Jennifer
AU - Parretti, Helen
AU - Abbott, Sally
AU - Brown, Adrian
AU - Pournaras, Dimitri
AU - Tahrani, Abd
N1 - The final publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10.1007/s13679-020-00416-8
PY - 2020/12/1
Y1 - 2020/12/1
N2 - Purpose of the Review: Pathways for obesity prevention and treatment are well documented, yet the prevalence of obesity is rising, and access to treatment (including bariatric surgery) is limited. This review seeks to assess the current integrated clinical pathway for obesity management in England and determine the major challenges.Recent Findings: Evidence for tier 2 (community-based lifestyle intervention) and tier 3 (specialist weight management services) is limited, and how it facilitates care and improve outcomes in tier 4 remains uncertain. Treatment access, rigidity in pathways, uncertain treatment outcomes and weight stigma seems to be major barriers to improved care.Summary: More emphasis must be placed on access to effective treatments, treatment flexibility, addressing stigma and ensuring treatment efficacy including long-term health outcomes. Prevention and treatment should both receive significant focus though should be considered to be largely separate pathways. A simplified system for weight management is needed to allow flexibility and the delivery of personalized care including post-bariatric surgery care for those who need it.
AB - Purpose of the Review: Pathways for obesity prevention and treatment are well documented, yet the prevalence of obesity is rising, and access to treatment (including bariatric surgery) is limited. This review seeks to assess the current integrated clinical pathway for obesity management in England and determine the major challenges.Recent Findings: Evidence for tier 2 (community-based lifestyle intervention) and tier 3 (specialist weight management services) is limited, and how it facilitates care and improve outcomes in tier 4 remains uncertain. Treatment access, rigidity in pathways, uncertain treatment outcomes and weight stigma seems to be major barriers to improved care.Summary: More emphasis must be placed on access to effective treatments, treatment flexibility, addressing stigma and ensuring treatment efficacy including long-term health outcomes. Prevention and treatment should both receive significant focus though should be considered to be largely separate pathways. A simplified system for weight management is needed to allow flexibility and the delivery of personalized care including post-bariatric surgery care for those who need it.
U2 - 10.1007/s13679-020-00416-8
DO - 10.1007/s13679-020-00416-8
M3 - Journal article
VL - 9
SP - 530
EP - 543
JO - Current obesity reports
JF - Current obesity reports
SN - 2162-4968
ER -