Sodium Disorders: Hyponatraemia

Somasundaram, Noel; Wijeyarathne, Chandrika; Rajaratnam, Henry; Katulanda, Prasad; Bulugahapitiya, Uditha; Siyambalapitiya, Sajith; Antonypillai, Charles; Sumanathilake, Manilka; Garusinghe, Chaminda; Muthukuda, Dimuthu; Niranjala, Mws; Weerakkody, Muditha; Pathmanathan, S.; Abeyarathne, Sachith; Kahandawa, Shyaminda; Cooray, Samanthi; Gunawardena, Kavinga; Karunasena, Nayananjani; Swarnasri, Wst; Aravinthan, M.; Kottahachchi, Dulani; Ariyawansa, Nas

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“…Various cut points for South and Southeast Asian countries have been proposed by pan‐Asian, as well as national expert groups. 5 , 21 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 Some, including the Asian‐Pacific guidance, 29 identify different degrees of obesity with differing levels of risk. As shown in Table 1 , most apply threshold values of BMI ≥ 23 kg/m 2 for overweight and BMI ≥ 25 or ≥27.5 kg/m 2 for obesity.…”

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Obesity in South and Southeast Asia—A new consensus on care and management

Tham¹,

Ghani²,

Sioksoan

et al. 2022

Obesity Reviews

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Summary Obesity is a chronic disease in which the abnormal or excessive accumulation of body fat leads to impaired health and increased risk of mortality and chronic health complications. Prevalence of obesity is rising rapidly in South and Southeast Asia, with potentially serious consequences for local economies, healthcare systems, and quality of life. Our group of obesity specialists from Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam undertook to develop consensus recommendations for management and care of adults and children with obesity in South and Southeast Asia. To this end, we identified and researched 12 clinical questions related to obesity. These questions address the optimal approaches for identifying and staging obesity, treatment (lifestyle, behavioral, pharmacologic, and surgical options) and maintenance of reduced weight, as well as issues related to weight stigma and patient engagement in the clinical setting. We achieved consensus on 42 clinical recommendations that address these questions. An algorithm describing obesity care is presented, keyed to the various consensus recommendations.

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