Neeta Rohit Deshpande, Nitin Kapoor, Jamshed J Dalal, Nandita Palshetkar, Shashank Shah, Brij Mohan Makkar, Jasjeet Wasir, Chitra Selvan
Objectives : The objective of this consensus article was to form a list of expert recommendations and an easily adaptable algorithm for obesity management in India by primary care physicians (PCPs). Methods : A Delphi-based model was followed to form a list of the consensus recommendations. Consensus statements were created from the results of a literature review that were graded as per the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluations (GRADE) criteria. After being evaluated by an expert panel comprising diabetologists, endocrinologists, cardiologists, bariatric surgeons, and gynecologists, the statements were revised and reevaluated by a larger group of practitioners, including PCPs and diabetologists, to arrive at a consensus...
October 2023: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India