Abstract: Main goal of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic process of obesity performed by family doctors in primary care setting. We searched MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Embase for literature published up to August, 2017. Most important and recent studies related to the roles of family physicians in diagnosis and management of obesity were retracted to this review. That family doctor calculates and also document BMI in few overweight and also overweight patients as well as less regularly include the medical diagnosis of obesity to the patient's medical problem list. Studies have revealed that exercising family doctor as well as resident doctors failed to manage as well as identify weight problems in a large percentage of overweight patients. A number of prospective obstacles to weight management exist in family medicine. There are obstacles on the doctor's component such as lack of expertise should deal with excessive weight, time constraints, downhearted sights regarding weight-loss leads, as well as lack of reimbursement within the medical care system. The majority of obese patients did not have a diagnosis of weight problems or an obesity management strategy made by their health care doctor. Diagnosis of weight problems causes a greater chance of formula of an excessive weight strategy.
Keywords: obesity, weight problems, BMI.
Title: Roles of Family Physicians in Diagnosis of Obesity: Review
Author: Hanadi Hezam AL-Thobiati, Afnan Abdullatif Al-Namankany, Bayan Talal Zamil, Najwa Ali Alzahrani, Gophran Talal Zamil
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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