Managing Cardiometabolic Risk

Publications

Synopsis of the 2006 Canadian clinical practice guidelines on the management and prevention of obesity in adults and children. CMAJ 2007;176:1103-6
By Lau DC; Obesity Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Steering Committee and Expert Panel

Obesity and cardiovascular disease: pathophysiology, evaluation, and effect of weight loss: an update of the 1997 American Heart Association Scientific Statement on Obesity and Heart Disease from the Obesity Committee of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism. Circulation 2006;113:898-918
By Poirier P, Giles TD, Bray GA et al.

Pharmacologic and surgical management of obesity in primary care: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med 2005;142:525-31
By Snow V, Barry P, Fitterman N, Qaseem A, Weiss K; Clinical Efficacy Assessment Subcommittee of the American College of Physicians

Recommendations for the diagnosis, the prevention and the treatment of obesity. Diabetes Metab 2002;28:146-50
By Basdevant A, Laville M, Ziegler O; Association Française d'Études et de Recherches sur l'Obésité (AFERO); Association de Langue Française pour l'Étude du Diabète et des Maladies Métaboliques (ALFEDIAM); Société de Nutrition et de Diététique de Langue Française (SNDLF)

Lifestyle modifications to prevent and control hypertension. 2. Recommendations on obesity and weight loss. Canadian Hypertension Society, Canadian Coalition for High Blood Pressure Prevention and Control, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control at Health Canada, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. CMAJ 1999;160:S7-12
By Leiter LA, Abbott D, Campbell NR, Mendelson R, Ogilvie RI, Chockalingam A.