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Clinical Management of Overweight and Obesity

Recommendations of the Italian Society of Obesity (SIO)

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  • Presents recommendations on eating plans, physical activity, and behavioral modification

  • Offers guidance on the use of bariatric surgery and the new antiobesity drugs

  • Covers all age groups and various patient subsets

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. General Remarks

  2. Lifestyle Modifications

  3. Treatment

  4. Obesity in Particular Conditions and Treatment Algorithm

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About this book

These guidelines make recommendations regarding the management of individuals with a body mass index greater than 25.0 kg/m2 and cover all age groups, from children to the elderly, as well as various patient subsets. A range of measures to yield health benefits are set out, including healthy eating plans, increased physical activity, and behavioral modifications to help patients to manage obesity. In addition, recommendations are made on the use of bariatric surgery and the new antiobesity drugs. Throughout the process of developing the recommendations, every attempt was made to ensure use of a rigorous, evidence-based approach.  The guidelines are promoted by the Italian Society of Obesity (SIO) and were formulated in compliance with a prespecified process overseen by a steering committee. They are intended for use by a wide range of clinicians, including general practitioners, primary health care nurses, and primary health care professionals, and will hopefully prove of value in combating the obesity epidemic not only in Italy but across Europe and elsewhere in the world.                                        

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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Dept. of Systems Medicine,Medical School, Rome, Italy

    Paolo Sbraccia

  • Department of Medical Biotechnology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Enzo Nisoli

  • Center for the Study and the Integrated, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Roberto Vettor

About the editors

Paolo Sbraccia, M.D, Ph.D. is Full Professor of Internal Medicine in the Department of Systems Medicine of the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Chief of the Internal Medicine Unit and Obesity Center (EASO accredited Collaborating Centre for Obesity Management) at the University Hospital Policlinico Tor Vergata, Director of the Specialization School in Internal Medicine, and Chairman of the Undergraduate Course in Dietetics.

He was (2006-2010) member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Diabetes Society (SID) and he is now President of the Italian Society of Obesity (S.I.O.).

In 2011, on behalf of SIO, he coordinated the Steering Committee for the Italian Guidelines for the Management of Obesity.

He is also member of the “Scientific Advisory Group for Diabetes and Endocrinology” of EMA (London). In 2009 he was appointed by the Ministery of Health member of the Committee for the diagnostic and therapeutic appropriateness for Obesity and Diabetes.

He is member of the Editorial Board of “Eating and weight disorders” and “Internal and Emergency Medicine” and ad hoc reviewer of various scientific journals (Diabetologia; Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews; Journal of Endocrinological Investigation; European Journal of Endocrinology, Clinical Endocrinology, Aging, PLoS One, Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases). He is also Co-Director of the official Journal of the Italian Diabetes Society “Il Diabete”.

He is member of the following learned societies: Italian Society for the study of Obesity (SIO), Italian Diabetes Society (SID), Italian Endocrine Society (SIE), Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI), Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis (SISA), European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), American Diabetes Association (ADA), The Endocrine Society, International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO).                                                                   

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Clinical Management of Overweight and Obesity

  • Book Subtitle: Recommendations of the Italian Society of Obesity (SIO)

  • Editors: Paolo Sbraccia, Enzo Nisoli, Roberto Vettor

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24532-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-24530-0Published: 06 January 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79641-3Published: 30 March 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-24532-4Published: 18 December 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 180

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Endocrinology, Pediatrics

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