Switching the focus from weight to health: Canada's adult obesity practice guideline set a new standard for obesity management

Rachel L Batterham^{1

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Affiliations

¹ UCL Centre for Obesity Research, Division of Medicine, Rayne Building, University College London, 5 University Street, WC1E 6JF, London, UK.
² Bariatric Centre for Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery, University College London Hospital (UCLH) Bariatric Centre for Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery, UCLH, London, UK.
³ National Institute of Health Research, UCLH Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.

Rachel L Batterham. EClinicalMedicine. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 10:31:100636.

doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100636. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Rachel L Batterham^{1

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¹ UCL Centre for Obesity Research, Division of Medicine, Rayne Building, University College London, 5 University Street, WC1E 6JF, London, UK.
² Bariatric Centre for Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery, University College London Hospital (UCLH) Bariatric Centre for Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery, UCLH, London, UK.
³ National Institute of Health Research, UCLH Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

RLB has received personal consultancy fees from Novo Nordisk, ViiV, Pfizer and Boehringer-Ingelheim, outside this work.

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