The SEEN comprehensive clinical survey of adult obesity: Executive summary

Abstract

Obesity is one of the great challenges in healthcare nowadays with important implications for health so requiring comprehensive management. This document aims to establish practical and evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of in Spain, from the perspective of the clinical endocrinologist. A position statement has been made that can be consulted at www.seen.es, and that has been agreed by the Obesity Group of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition (GOSEEN), together with the Nutrition Area (NutriSEEN) and the Working Group of Endocrinology, Nutrition and Physical Exercise (GENEFSEEN).

Keywords: Actividad física; Evidence-based medicine; Medicina basada en la evidencia; Nutrición; Nutrition; Obesidad; Obesity; Physical activity.