Health promotion board–ministry of health clinical practice guidelines: obesity
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Article Title | Health promotion board–ministry of health clinical practice guidelines: obesity |
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ERA Journal ID | 15339 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Lee, Yung Seng (Author), Biddle, Stuart (Author), Chan, Mei Fen (Author), Cheng, Anton (Author), Cheong, Magdalin (Author), Chong, Yap Seng (Author), Foo, Ling Li (Author), Lee, Chung Horn (Author), Lim, Su Chi (Author), Ong, Wee Sian (Author), Pang, Jonathan (Author), Pasupathy, Shanker (Author), Sloan, Robert (Author), Seow, Mollie (Author), Soon, Grace (Author), Tan, Benedict (Author), Tan, Thiam Chye (Author), Teo, Soo Lay (Author), Tham, Kwang Wei (Author), van Dam, Rob M. (Author) and Wang, John (Author) |
Journal Title | Singapore Medical Journal |
Journal Citation | 57 (6), pp. 292-300 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2016 |
Place of Publication | Singapore |
ISSN | 0037-5675 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2016103 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.smj.org.sg/article/health-promotion-board%E2%80%93ministry-health-clinical-practice-guidelines-obesity |
Abstract | The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has developed the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) on Obesity to provide health professionals in Singapore with recommendations for evidence-based interventions for obesity. This article summarises the introduction, epidemiology and executive summary of the key recommendations from the HPB-MOH CPG on Obesity for the information of SMJ readers. The chapters and page numbers mentioned in the reproduced extract refer to the full text of the guidelines, which are available from the Health Promotion Board website: http://www.hpb. gov.sg/cpg-obesity. The recommendations should be used with reference to the full text of the guidelines. Following this article are multiple choice questions based on the full text of the guidelines. |
Keywords | Adolescent; Anthropometry; Body Mass Index; Child; Evidence-Based Medicine; Female; Health Promotion; Humans; Male; Obesity; Pediatric Obesity; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Singapore; |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 429999. Other health sciences not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | National University Hospital, Singapore |
Victoria University | |
No affiliation | |
Physical Activity Center of Excellence, United States | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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