title: Health Promotion Board-Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Obesity.
abstract: The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has developed the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) on Obesity to provide health professionals in Singapore with recommendations for evidence-based interventions for obesity. This article summarises the introduction, epidemiology and executive summary of the key recommendations from the HPB-MOH CPG on Obesity for the information of SMJ readers. The chapters and page numbers mentioned in the reproduced extract refer to the full text of the guidelines, which are available from the Health Promotion Board website: http://www.hpb.gov.sg/cpg-obesity. The recommendations should be used with reference to the full text of the guidelines. Following this article are multiple choice questions based on the full text of the guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Yung Seng
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Biddle
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Mei Fen
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Magdalin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cheong
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Yap Seng
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Ling Li
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Foo
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Chung Horn
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Su Chi
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Wee Sian
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Shanker
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pasupathy
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sloan
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Mollie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seow
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Soon
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Benedict
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Thiam Chye
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Soo Lay
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Teo
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Kwang Wei
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Tham
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Rob M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: van Dam
authors.affiliation: Changi General Hospital; College of Family Physicians Singapore; Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre; Health Promotion Board; Khoo Teck Puat Hospital; KK Women's and Children's Hospital; National Institute of Education; National University Hospital; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Singapore General Hospital; Victoria University, Australia; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012846:Singapore