To What Extent Do Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chronic Diseases Embrace Current Obesity Management Guidance? A Qualitative Content Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Obesity is a chronic, progressive, and recurring disease that contributes significantly to multi-morbidity across Europe. Despite the publication of numerous clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for obesity, many chronic disease guidelines for obesity-related diseases such as diabetes, MASLD, heart disease, and obstructive sleep apnoea do not integrate contemporary understandings of obesity as an adiposity-based disease requiring direct management in its own right. The objective of this qualitative content analysis was to evaluate the extent to which recent chronic disease CPGs align with current evidence-based obesity guidance.

Methods

A working group convened by the European Association for the Study of Obesity reviewed 13 chronic disease CPGs published since 2

SUBMITTER: Salas XR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12707924 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature