The impact of obesity on drug prescribing in primary care

British Journal of General Practice

Counterweight Project Team¹ 

[1]The Counterweight Project Team members are: Helen Gibbs PG Dip Diet, SRD, weight management advisor, Clinical Research Unit

[2] John Broom, MRCP(Glas), FRCPath, consultant in clinical biochemistry & metabolic medicine, Research & Development

[3] Jenny Brown, BA (Hons) CNS, clinical nurse specialist, Clinical Research Unit, Grampian University Hospitals Trust, Aberdeen. Rachel Laws, MSc (Nutrition & Dietetics), SRD, weight management advisor, Nutrition & Dietetic Service

[4] John Reckless, DSc MD FRCP, consultant endocrinologist and honorary reader in medicine & biochemistry, University of Bath, Royal United Hospital, Bath. Paula Noble, PGDipDiet, PG Dip (management studies), SRD, weight management advisor, Birmingham Heartlands & Solihull NHS Trust, Birmingham. Sudhesh Kumar, MD FRCP, professor of medicine, diabetes and metabolism, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry. Louise McCombie, BSc (Nutrition & Dietetics), SRD, weight management advisor

[5] Mike Lean, MA, MD, FRCP, FRCPS, professor of human nutrition, Department of Human Nutrition, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow. Felicity Lyons, PGDipDiet , SRD, weight management advisor, Nutrition & Dietetic Research Group

[6] Gary Frost, PhD SRD, head of nutrition & dietetic service, honorary reader in nutrition, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust, London. Marney Quinn, BSc (Hons) (Nutrition & Dietetics), SRD, weight management advisor

[7] Julian H Barth, MD FRCP FRCPath, consultant clinical pathologist, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds NHS Trust, Leeds. Sarah Haynes, PGDipDiet, PGDipHealthSci, SRD, weight management advisor, Centre for Obesity Research

[8] Nick Finer, FRCP, consultant endocrinologist, Centre for Obesity Research, Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust. Hazel Ross, PGDipDiet, SRD, Counterweight national coordinator, Roche Products Ltd, Welwyn Garden City. David Hole, MSc FFPHM, professor of epidemiology and biostatistics

[9] Caroline A Bray, BSc, medical statistician, Public Health and Health Policy, Division of Community Based Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

关键词: defined daily doses;    obesity;    prescriptions;    drug;    primary care;   

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学科分类：卫生学

来源: Royal College of General Practitioners

【 摘 要 】

Healthcare costs attributable to obesity have previously involved estimations based on costs of diseases commonly considered as having obesity as an underlying factor.

【 授权许可】

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