Abstract: This review was aimed to discuss the evidence diagnosis of obesity in family medicine, through reviewing the articles concerned with this matter, we intended also to highlight the management approaches that family physicians should consider as interventions for obese patients. We conducted a Comprehensive search through electronic databases; Medline, Embase, and Scopus for published articles concerning the obesity diagnosis in primary care up to September, 2017. Family doctors should record obesity as a diagnosis or formulate an excessive weight management strategy in the majority of patients. Weight problems diagnosis led to a higher chance of the solution of an excessive weight management plan.
Keywords: Family Medicine, management approaches, body mass index (BMI).
Title: Reviewing the Current Evidence Diagnosis of Obesity in Family Medicine
Author: Ahmad Saud Alrahili, Yasir Hameed Hmoud Albeladi, Abdulaziz Saud Alrahili, Hamed Abubakr A Tubayqi, Dheifullah Mastour Alzaidy, Ahmed Eidah Alzhrani, Alfifi Abdulaziz Hassan Y, Waheed Ali Ahmad Alshehri
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
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