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Review
. 2022 Dec;11(4):350-355.
doi: 10.1007/s13679-022-00489-7. Epub 2022 Oct 22.

Can We Deliver Person-Centred Obesity Care Across the Globe?

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Review

Can We Deliver Person-Centred Obesity Care Across the Globe?

Louisa J Ells et al. Curr Obes Rep. 2022 Dec.

Abstract

Purpose of review: This article discusses what person-centred care is; why it is critically important in providing effective care of a chronic, complex disease like obesity; and what can be learnt from international best practice to inform global implementation.

Recent findings: There are four key principles to providing person-centred obesity care: providing care that is coordinated, personalised, enabling and delivered with dignity, compassion and respect. The Canadian 5AsT framework provides a co-developed person-centred obesity care approach that addresses complexity and is being tested internationally. Embedding person-centred obesity care across the globe will require a complex system approach to provide a framework for healthcare system redesign, advances in people-driven discovery and advocacy for policy change. Additional training, tools and resources are required to support local implementation, delivery and evaluation. Delivering high-quality, effective person-centred care across the globe will be critical in addressing the current obesity epidemic.

Keywords: Complex systems; Healthcare systems; Obesity; Person-centred care.

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Conflict of interest statement

Louisa Ells receives funding from the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities and the National Institute for Health Research. Jordan Marwood, Claire Griffiths, Ken Clare, Gabriel Torbahn and Mark Ashton have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. Denise Campbell-Scherer has received funding from NOVAD (Novo Nordisk, University Hospital Foundation, Alberta Government); Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions: PRIHS and CIHR Alberta Government (Physician Learning Program). Paul Gately is a shareholder and managing director of MoreLife UK Ltd, which is a subsidiary company of Leeds Beckett University. Jennifer Logue has received consulting fees from Novo Nordisk. James Stubbs consults for Slimming World UK through Consulting Leeds, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Leeds.

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