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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.
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

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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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