RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The bariatric physician
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 30
OP 33
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-1-30
VO 14
IS 1
A1 Paul Grant
A1 Milan Piya
A1 Barbara McGowan
A1 Shahrad Taheri
YR 2014
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/14/1/30.abstract
AB Obesity is a rapidly increasing problem that has wide implications for the National Health Service. At present, obesity is not being addressed in a joined-up and standardised manner. This has downstream effects for the health service, the economy and society as a whole. As highlighted by a recent RCP report, there is a need for a new class of dedicated specialists who can evaluate individuals with health problems that are related to obesity, direct their care in a coordinated fashion, act as an advocate for their needs and be able to liaise with multiple different services to improve the provision of patient care. In this article, we discuss the role of this specialist - the bariatric physician.