According to the WHO (2010), the rate of prevalence of obesity in the Middle East ranges from 8-36% in men and 17-48% in women. To address this growing concern of diabetes, international and local experts from the Middle East have streamlined their efforts to design a simple, robust and easy-to-refer guidelines for the management of overweight and obese patients. Furthermore, the present guideline provides an algorithm for effective management of obesity in the patients.
What Is The Guideline About? This guideline provides consensus-based recommendations by various international and regional experts on the management of obesity in the Middle East. The guideline covers recommendations from: American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the American College of Endocrinology Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/The Obesity…
