Obesity bias: How can this underestimated problem affect medical decisions in healthcare? A systematic review.

Guilherme Heiden TeloLucas Friedrich FontouraGeorgia Oliveira AvilaVicenzo GhenoMaria Antônia Bertuzzo BrumJulia Belato TeixeiraIsadora Nunes ErthalJanine AlessiGabriela Heiden Telo

Published in: Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity (2024)

The presence of obesity bias has negative effects on medical decision-making and on the quality of care provided to patients with obesity. These findings reveal the urgent necessity for reflection and development of strategies to mitigate its adverse impacts. (The protocol was registered with the international prospective register of systematic reviews, PROSPERO, under the number CRD42022307567).

Keyphrases

healthcare
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
high fat diet induced
type diabetes
weight gain
decision making
systematic review
randomized controlled trial
quality improvement
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
genome wide
dna methylation
body mass index
pain management
drug induced
adverse drug