Obesity and Nursing Rates of Care Community
a drug that acts as a gastrointestinal lipase inhibitor, effectively interfering with fat absorption to prevent weight gain. (Li & Cheung, 2009). Assessment and Diagnosis The National Institutes of Health (2000) offer a practical guide for healthcare practitioners for standardized obesity assessment and diagnosis procedures. In addition the BMI measurements, the guide includes instructions for measuring waist circumference and testing for specific comorbidities like diabetes and blood pressure. Assessment and diagnosis procedures also entail differentiating between overweight, as a precursor and risk factor of obesity, and obesity itself. However, “there is no precise clinical definition of obesity based on the degree of excess body fat that places an individual at increased health… Continue Reading...