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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/10_obesity_potential_high_impact_2012-12-11.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Individuals with a BMI >30 kg/m2 are considered obese. … Individuals
with BMI >35 or >40 kg/m2 are considered severely obese and morbidly obese, respectively … New drug treatment options are needed for obese patients seeking
medical therapy for weight loss. … However, some patients who are super-morbidly obese are
ineligible for surgery because of surgical … Individuals with a BMI ≥30 kg/m
2
are classified
obese.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/10_obesity_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Individuals with a BMI >30 kg/m
2
are considered obese. … Individuals with
BMI >35 or >40 kg/m
2
are considered severely obese and morbidly obese, respectively … New drug treatment options are needed for
obese patients seeking medical therapy for weight loss. … Individuals with a BMI ≥30 kg/m
2
are
classified obese.
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Obese individuals are screened for other … However, some
super-morbidly obese patients who might otherwise benefit from bariatric surgery are
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
July 01, 2013 - Low-income women are
more likely to be obese than are high-income women. … or to offer an option to patients who are obese and do not want to
undergo bypass surgery but need … Individuals with BMIs of 30 kg/m2 or more are
classified obese. … obese patients with BMIs of 35–40 kg/m2 who
have related comorbidities. … FDA approves Belviq to treat some
overweight or obese adults. [internet].
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1312.pdf
December 01, 2013 - Low-income women are
more likely to be obese than are high-income women. … The device could be used in two ways: to help super-obese patients lose weight so they
are eligible … for gastric bypass surgery or to offer an option to patients who are obese and do
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not … 40 kg/m2) or for obese patients with BMIs of
35–40 kg/m2 who have related comorbidities. … FDA approves Belviq to treat some overweight or
obese adults. [internet].
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
December 01, 2014 - In the United States, 34.9% of adults are obese. … are obese. … Low-income women are more likely to be obese than high-
income women. … 40 kg/m2) or for obese patients with BMIs of 35–40 kg/m2
who have related comorbidities. … obese patients with BMIs of 35–40
kg/m2 who have related comorbidities.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity_hi_impact.pdf
April 17, 2012 - Individuals with a BMI >30 kg/m
2
are considered obese. … Individuals with BMI >35 kg/m
2
or BMI >40 kg/m
2
are considered severely obese and morbidly obese … Obese patients (n = 1,742) were randomly
assigned to one of three groups in a 1:1:1 ratio. … Individuals with a BMI ≥30 kg/m
2
are classified obese.
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Obese individuals are screened for other … The study reported results on 17 obese patients with T2DM who received
EndoBarrier for 24 weeks.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
June 01, 2014 - In the United States, 35.7% of adults are obese. … is obese, and overweight adolescents have
a 70% chance of becoming overweight adults. … Low-income women are more likely to be obese than high-income women. … 40 kg/m2) or for obese patients
with BMIs of 35–40 kg/m2 who have related comorbidities. … FDA approves Belviq to treat some
overweight or obese adults. [internet].
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1506.pdf
June 01, 2015 - Further, 42 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese in 2013. … Non-Hispanic black adults have the highest age-adjusted rates of obesity (47.8% are obese),
followed … Low-income
women are more likely to be obese than high-income women. … However, morbidly obese
patients were reported to have achieved greater TBWL, and women and less-obese … FDA approves Belviq to treat some overweight or
obese adults. [internet].
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/obesity-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
December 01, 2015 - Further, 42 million children younger than the age of 5 were overweight or obese in 2013. … Low-income
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women are more likely to be obese than high-income women. … women and less-obese subjects reportedly obtained higher percentages of
excess weight loss … However, morbidly obese patients were reported to have achieved greater
TBWL, and women and less-obese … FDA approves Belviq to treat some overweight
or obese adults. [internet].
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/mcc/sood-r01grant.pdf
January 31, 2016 - Novel Role for Adiponectin-enhancing Drugs for Asthma in the Obese
Rapid Secondary Analysis to Optimize … Multiple Chronic Conditions – R01 Grants
Novel Role for Adiponectin-enhancing Drugs for
Asthma in the Obese … Description
Asthma is a chronic lung disease that affects 8.2% of all American adults,
particularly obese … The
overarching hypothesis in this study is that use of adiponectin-enhancing drugs
among obese adults … can help prevent or treat asthma as well as depression and
ischemic cardiovascular disease among obese
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/decision/mcc/sood-grant.html
September 01, 2015 - Novel Role for Adiponectin-enhancing Drugs for Asthma in the Obese
Principal Investigator: Sood, … Description
Asthma is a chronic lung disease that affects 8.2% of all American adults, particularly obese … The overarching hypothesis in this study is that use of adiponectin-enhancing drugs among obese adults … can help prevent or treat asthma as well as depression and ischemic cardiovascular disease among obese … for preventing and treating asthma as well as depression and ischemic cardiovascular disease in the obese
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/obesity.html
AHRQ has research, tools and resources on obesity and how clinicians can help their obese patients.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hidden-mystery
December 01, 2011 - , and BMI > 40 kg/m2 defining morbidly obese patients. … Morbidly obese patients develop oxygen desaturation more quickly than non-obese adults. … Quality of Care of Obese Patients. … Management of the obese critically ill patient. … Critical care of the morbidly obese.
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st68/stat68.pdf
February 01, 2005 - Statistical Brief #68: Overweight and Obese Elderly and Near Elderly in the United States, 2002: Estimates … Expenditure Panel Survey Research and Quality
STATISTICAL BRIEF #68
February 2005
Overweight and Obese … Findings
Age
Individuals age 75 and older were the least likely to be overweight
or obese in 2002 … For the age
group 75 and older, 14.3 percent were obese. … P
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Note: Adults age 75 and older were the least likely to be obese.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/stpra/stpraexh9.html
April 01, 2018 - Event 182 (0.2)
Fail to administer indicated antibiotics
Event 543 (0.0325)
SSI risk for obese … Staff fails to provide patient with instructions for weight reduction
Event 450 (0.293)
Obese … 433 (0.05)
Patient has organism at postoperative visit
Event 543 (0.0325)
SSI risk for obese … Event 30 (0.125)
Fail to prepare skin appropriately
Event 543 (0.0325)
SSI risk for obese … Staff fails to provide patient with instructions for weight reduction
Event 450 (0.293)
Obese
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/weighing-surgical-safety
August 10, 2019 - Explain the most effective strategies for managing anesthesia and postoperative pain control in the obese … As a rule, general anesthesia and airway manipulation are best avoided in the extremely obese patient … A sedated morbidly obese patient should never lie supine. … Obesity supine death syndrome: reports of two morbidly obese patients. … A preliminary study of the optimal anesthesia positioning for the morbidly obese patient.
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st68/stat68.shtml
February 01, 2005 - STATISTICAL BRIEF #68:
Overweight and Obese Elderly and Near Elderly in the United States, 2002: … Rhoades, PhD
Highlights
Individuals age 75 and older
were the least likely to be
obese … in 2002: 14.3 percent of
those age 75 and older were
obese as compared with 27.5
percent of those … Black not Hispanic or Latino, single race, were the most likely to be obese (33.9 percent) in 2002. … For the age group 75 and older, 14.3 percent were obese.