title: Identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obese adults.
abstract: This month's CPG review is on overweight and obese adults. With an estimated 97 million or more adults in the United States who are overweight or obese and as the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States, this guideline is expected to be of wide interest to nurse practitioners.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blackwell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States