Prevention and management of obesity: Saudi guideline update

Fahad S Al-Shehri¹, Mohammed M Moqbel¹, Yahia M Al-Khaldi¹, Abdullah M Al-Shahrani², Waleed S Abu-Melha³, Aayed R Alqahtani⁴, Adnan A Sabbahi⁵, Alhasan M Alkaud⁶, Haitham Alfalah⁷, Khalid I Alqumaizi⁸, Mohammad Y Saeedi⁹, Mohammed Y Alharbi¹⁰, Mourad Elmourad¹¹, Mustafa Salih Mustafa¹², Omar A Alobaid¹³, Saleh M AlRajhi¹⁴, Shaker A Alomary¹⁵, Ahmed Jafar Al Eid¹⁶, Syed Arif Hussain¹⁷, Yassin Hassan Alsa¹⁷, Mohamed E Ibrahim¹⁷, Fahad A Alamri¹⁷, Muteb Z Almalki⁷, Talal F Almoreished^17
1 Department of Family Medicine, Ministry of Health, Southern Region, KSA
² Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, KSA
³ Department of Family Medicine, Armed Forced Hospital, Southern Region, KSA
⁴ Director of KSU Obesity Chair, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA
⁵ Consultant General, Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgeon, Kind Saud Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
⁶ Family and Bariatric Medical Consultant, Kind Saud Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
⁷ Consultant Bariatric Surgery, Kind Saud Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
⁸ Consultant Family and Community Medicine, Dean, College of Medicine, Imam University, Riyadh, KSA
⁹ Consultant Family and Community Medicine -Director General for Genetic and Chronic Diseases, KSA
¹⁰ Consultant of Pediatric Endocrinology, Dialectology and Obesity, Director of Diabetes, Centers and Units Administration, KSA
¹¹ Consultant Endocrine, Senior Advisor for Genetics and Chronic Directorate, KSA
¹² Health Management, Policy and Planning, General Directorate for Genetic and Chronic Diseases, KSA
¹³ Associate Professor of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA
¹⁴ Chairman of Obesity, Department Obesity Metabolic and Endocrine Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, KSA
¹⁵ Director of Obesity Control Program, KSA
¹⁶ Obesity Control Program in Eastern Province, KSA
¹⁷ General Directorate for Genetic and Chronic Diseases, MOH, KSA

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Fahad S Al-Shehri
Saudi Arabian Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (SASMBS), PO Box: 2653, Abha
KSA

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/2347-2618.184970