"Written by and for primary care professionals, this unique title presents step-by-step, evidence-based information for the assessment and treatment of patients who present with overweight or obesity. Highly practical and easy to use, Primary Care: Obesity helps you develop and hone the specific knowledge, skills, and clinical practices necessary to provide effective care to this highly prevalent and at-risk patient population. This comprehensive guide is an essential resource for today's internal medicine and family medicine physicians, pediatricians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals who practice outpatient primary care"-- Provided by publisher

Obesity as a disease / David R. Saxon, Daniel H. Bessesen -- The obesity encounter / Robert F. Kushner -- Assessment and staging : identification and evaluation of the high-risk patient / W. Timothy Garvey -- Comanagement of obesity-related comorbidities : assessment, treatment, and monitoring / Sharon J. Herring, Keerthana Kesavarapu, Jessica Briscoe -- Dietary treatment / Maria L. Collazo-Clavell -- Physical activity treatment / Seth A. Creasy, Danielle Marie Ostendorf, Victoria A. Catenacci -- Behavioral treatment / Ariana M. Chao, Kerry M. Quigley, Thomas A. Wadden -- Obesity pharmacotherapy / Donna H. Ryan, Rekha Kumar -- Metabolic and bariatric surgery / Wayne J. English, Vance L. Albaugh -- Care of the post-bariatric surgery patient / Christopher D. Still, Peter N. Benotti, Shannon Marie McShea, Fahad Zubair -- Pediatric and adolescent obesity / Edmond Pryce Wickham III, Melanie K. Bean -- Practice management / Ethan A. Lazarus, Adam H. Gilden -- Team care, referrals, and practice resources / Deborah Bade Horn