Transcription of The Evidence Report - National Institutes of Health
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CLINICALGUIDELINESONTHEIDENTIFICATION,EV ALUATION, ANDTREATMENTOFOVERWEIGHTANDOBESITYINADUL TSThe Evidence ReportNATIONAL Institutes OF HEALTHNATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTEO besity Education InitiativeCLINICALGUIDELINESON THEIDENTIFICATION,EVALUATION, ANDTREATMENT OFOVERWEIGHT ANDOBESITY INADULTSThe Evidence ReportNIH PUBLICATIONNO. 98-4083 SEPTEMBER1998 NATIONALINSTITUTESOFHEALTHN ational Heart, Lung, and Blood institute in cooperation with The National institute ofDiabetes and Digestive andKidney DiseasesiiNHLBI Obesity Education Initiative Expert Panel on the Identification,Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in AdultsF. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, , Chair of the PanelChief, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition Director, Obesity Research CenterSt.
Obesity in Adults to develop clinical practice guidelines for primary care practitioners. The impetus for these guidelines was the recog-nition that the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States is increasing, and that practitioners need to be alerted to the accompanying health risks. According to the lat-
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