Mexican Clinical Practice Guidelines for Adult Overweight and Obesity Management
Emma Chávez‐Manzanera, Juan M. Vera-Zertuche, Martha Kaufer‐Horwitz, Verónica Vázquez‐Velázquez, José R. Flores-Lázaro, Leonor Mireles-Zavala, Raúl Calzada‐León, Juan C. Garnica-Cuéllar, Verónica Sánchez-Muñoz, Eduardo Ramírez-Butanda, Ricardo Hernández-González, María A. Vargas-Martínez, Hugo Laviada‐Molina, Rafael Violante-Ortíz, Héctor Pérez Esquivias, Eduardo García‐García, Fernando J. Lavalle‐González, Leonardo Mancillas‐Adame, Juan Carlos López-Alvarenga, Juan F. Pérez-Hernández, Erika V. Soto-Fuentes, Reina R. Soriano-Cortés, Eduardo W. Goicoechea-Turcott, Gerardo Magallanes-Díaz, Miguel Herrera-Hernández, Simón Barquera-Cervera, Edith Vargas-Contreras, Cybele B. Díaz-Wionczek, Morgan Salmon, Dinorah Ramírez-De Jesús, Juan P. Villaseñor-Díaz, Javiera Peña, José Ramos-Rojas, Camila Ávila, Gabriel Rada, Brad Hussey, Ximena Ramos Salas
Abstract
PURPOSE: To develop Mexico's first methodologically rigorous clinical practice guideline for the management of adult overweight and obesity. The target audiences are interdisciplinary healthcare professionals across healthcare systems who are the first point of contact for patients with obesity in Mexico, patients, and health system decision makers. RECENT FINDINGS: A review of recent international obesity clinical practice guidelines and an expert consensus process identified: i) common recommendations appropriate for implementation in Mexico and ii) knowledge gaps requiring the formulation of new recommendations. In all, 20 new recommendations and 20 good practice statements were developed using the GRADE Evidence-to-Decision Framework and expert consensus. Overweight and obesity negatively impact the health and well-being of individuals and populations in Mexico. This guideline aims to establish a new evidence-based, patient-centered, non-stigmatizing, and practical treatment and management framework, based on the fundamental principles of chronic disease prevention and management.