Author(s)

Abdulrahman Alshaikh¹, Ahmed Aljedai², Assim Alfadda³, Abdulrahman Alrobayan⁴, Abdulwahab Bawahab⁵, Shaza Abou Ouf¹, Ali Sultan⁶, Amani Alhozali¹, Mohammed Bawazeer¹, Eman Sheshah⁷, Fahad Alqahtani⁸, Hala Mosli¹, Hussein Elbadawi⁹, Khaled Alamri⁸, Khalid Alshali¹, Mohammed Aldawish⁴, Mohammed Alsofiani³, Raed Aldahash¹⁰, Rasha Alfawaz¹¹, Reem Alamoudi¹⁰, Wessam Jamal¹, Hajer Almudaiheem², Emad R. Issak^12*, Saud Alsifri¹³

¹King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
²Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁴Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁵King Fahad General Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
⁶International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
⁷King Salman Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁸King Fahad Medical Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁹My Clinic Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
¹⁰King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
¹¹Saudi Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
¹²Aslam Center, Cairo, Egypt.
¹³Al Hada Armed Forces Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

Obesity and overweight are prevalent in Saudi Arabia (24.95% & 31.80%). Also, childhood obesity in the country is a challenge, with 6% - 10% of preschool and school-age children. The burden of being overweight and obese is disastrous. Therefore, the Saudi Diabetes Scientific Society constituted a team to develop a guideline. The team reviewed the local Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Obesity in Saudi Arabia; and conducted a rigorous review of relevant evidence-based scientific literature. After a thorough assessment, a consensus was reached to use the Australian guideline as the main guideline to be adapted and localized to be suitable for the Saudi people. To avoid duplication of efforts, the team adopted the grading of evidence used by the Australian guideline. The updated version was presented in a workshop, and the recommendation of the participants was included. The final draft was distributed for review, and comments were included. This document presents the result of such an effort as a local guideline.

Obesity, Overweight, Disease Burden, Management, Guideline, Saudi Arabia

Alshaikh, A. , Aljedai, A. , Alfadda, A. , Alrobayan, A. , Bawahab, A. , Ouf, S. , Sultan, A. , Alhozali, A. , Bawazeer, M. , Sheshah, E. , Alqahtani, F. , Mosli, H. , Elbadawi, H. , Alamri, K. , Alshali, K. , Aldawish, M. , Alsofiani, M. , Aldahash, R. , Alfawaz, R. , Alamoudi, R. , Jamal, W. , Almudaiheem, H. , Issak, E. and Alsifri, S. (2022) Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13, 590-649. doi: 10.4236/ijcm.2022.1312045.