TY - JOUR
T1 - The Escalating Pandemics of Obesity and Sedentary Lifestyle
T2 - A Call to Action for Clinicians
AU - Manson, Jo Ann E.
AU - Skerrett, Patrick J.
AU - Greenland, Philip
AU - VanItallie, Theodore B.
PY - 2004/2/9
Y1 - 2004/2/9
N2 - Obesity and sedentary lifestyle are escalating national and global epidemics that warrant increased attention by physicians and other health care professionals. These intricately linked conditions are responsible for an enormous burden of chronic disease, impaired physical function and quality of life, at least 300 000 premature deaths, and at least $90 billion in direct health care costs annually in the United States alone. Clinicians are on the front line of combat, yet these conditions receive minimal attention during a typical office visit. Clinicians often feel overwhelmed by these challenges and point to an absence of clear guidelines and practice tools, minimal training in behavior modification strategies, and lack of time as reasons for failing to confront them. This report provides a "call to action" with step-by-step guidelines specifically directed at the pivotal role of physicians and other health care professionals in curbing these dangerous epidemics. This blueprint for action, which requires only a few minutes of a clinician's time to implement, will facilitate more effective intervention related to obesity and inactivity and should favorably impact public health.
AB - Obesity and sedentary lifestyle are escalating national and global epidemics that warrant increased attention by physicians and other health care professionals. These intricately linked conditions are responsible for an enormous burden of chronic disease, impaired physical function and quality of life, at least 300 000 premature deaths, and at least $90 billion in direct health care costs annually in the United States alone. Clinicians are on the front line of combat, yet these conditions receive minimal attention during a typical office visit. Clinicians often feel overwhelmed by these challenges and point to an absence of clear guidelines and practice tools, minimal training in behavior modification strategies, and lack of time as reasons for failing to confront them. This report provides a "call to action" with step-by-step guidelines specifically directed at the pivotal role of physicians and other health care professionals in curbing these dangerous epidemics. This blueprint for action, which requires only a few minutes of a clinician's time to implement, will facilitate more effective intervention related to obesity and inactivity and should favorably impact public health.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.164.3.249
DO - 10.1001/archinte.164.3.249
M3 - Review article
C2 - 14769621
AN - SCOPUS:0842305691
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 164
SP - 249
EP - 258
JO - Archives of Internal Medicine
JF - Archives of Internal Medicine
IS - 3
ER -