ADDRESSING BARRIERS TO A FULL RANGE OF EVIDENCE-BASED OBESITY CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS: A GSA ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
John Batsis, Jason Lofton, Anna Pendrey, Kathryn Porter Starr, Jennifer Pettis, Karen Tracy · 2023
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John Batsis and five co-authors report a roundtable on obesity care for older adults, held in 2023. Obesity is classed as a chronic disease by major medical bodies, and guidelines for its care exist. Yet older adults lack treatment plans shaped to their needs, a gap the Gerontological Society of America gathered fifteen experts to address.
The panel mapped the barriers: mistaken beliefs about weight in old age, clumsy ways of raising body size with patients, cultural differences, and the tangle of other illnesses older patients carry. They called for team-based care, workable diet and exercise support, wise use of drugs and surgery, and tighter links between clinics and community resources. The poster sums up the group's findings as a call for a full range of proven care for this age group.
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| CREATOR | John Batsis, Jason Lofton, Anna Pendrey, Kathryn Porter Starr, Jennifer Pettis, Karen Tracy |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |