The bariatric physician

Paul Grant; Milan Piya; Barbara McGowan; Shahrad Taheri

doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.14-1-30

The bariatric physician

Paul Grant^*, Milan Piya, Barbara McGowan, Shahrad Taheri

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Abstract

Obesity is a rapidly increasing problem that has wide implications for the National Health Service. At present, obesity is not being addressed in a joined-up and standardised manner. This has downstream effects for the health service, the economy and society as a whole. As highlighted by a recent RCP report, there is a need for a new class of dedicated specialists who can evaluate individuals with health problems that are related to obesity, direct their care in a coordinated fashion, act as an advocate for their needs and be able to liaise with multiple different services to improve the provision of patient care. In this article, we discuss the role of this specialist - the bariatric physician.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	30-33
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Medicine
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.14-1-30
Publication status	Published - Feb 2014

Keywords

Obesity
bariatric physician
weight management
health policy
bariatric surgery
OBESITY
SURGERY

UN SDGs

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