Development of the Italian clinical practice guideline on diagnosing and treating obesity in adults: scope and methodological aspects
Overweight and obesity are substantial, growing public health concerns due to their huge direct and indirect negative impact on health. Obesity-associated complications and comorbid conditions include metabolic, cardiovascular, renal, liver and respiratory diseases, cancers, and functional limitations, leading to higher all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, and incident disability. The development of rigorous guidelines considering and comparing all possible therapeutic strategies is of critical importance, and a relevant tool for improving the quality of care and increasing the appropriateness of therapeutic choices. The Italian National Institute of Health (ISS-Istituto Superiore di Sanità) appointed the Italian Obesity Society (SIO-Società Italiana dell'Obesità) and other key scientific societies with a relevant stakeholder role on the theme issue to design and develop a new Italian guideline for the management of obesity in adult subjects, aimed at assisting healthcare professionals in the consideration of lifestyle, pharmacological, endoscopic, and surgical options for the treatment of overweight and obesity, as well as related conditions. We adopted Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) methodology, strongly endorsed by Istituto Superiore di Sanità to develop trustworthy guidelines to be accepted onto Sistema Nazionale Linee Guida, the reference repository of national clinical practice guidelines for the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale.
Authors
- Giovanni Antonio Silverii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6695-3213)
- Sonja Chiappetta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1964-416X)
- Emanuele Cereda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0747-1951)
- Benedetta Ragghianti
- Patrizia Todisco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2212-9855)
- Vincenzo Provenzano
- Samir Giuseppe Sukkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4194-1547)
- Uberto Pagotto
- Cristina Segura‐Garcìa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5756-3045)
- Dario Tuccinardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-7159)
- Barbara Paolini
- Simona Bo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6862-8628)
- Giuseppe Galloro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9210-4186)
- Primiano Iannone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3743-5238)
- Paolo Sbraccia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9634-1501)
- Federico Spandonaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1388-2850)
- Maurizio Santomauro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0949-8656)
- Marco Chianelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8182-7071)
- Silvio Buscemi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0730-7649)
- Giuseppe Navarra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0372-1615)
- Valentina Vanzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7386-7532)
- Matteo Monami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9349-828X)
- Iris Zani
- Giovanni Docimo
- Giovanni Papa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4676-2775)
- Fabrizia Lisso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3313-2718)
- Vincenzo Pilone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5809-5135)
- Andrea Pession (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0379-9562)
- Andrea Vania (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6158-2495)
- Gerardo Medea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2034-6495)
- Luca Busetto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4883-8980)
- Manuela Merli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3173-9767)
- Rocco Barazzoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4049-2404)
- Frida Leonetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5606-8448)
- C. Rizzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4077-9122)
- Riccardo Dalle Grave (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9796-3721)
- Anna Maria Moretti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6285-478X)
- Nicola Perrotta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9571-2670)
- Riccardo Williams
- Maria Caterina Manca
- Wilde Vincent De
Institutions
- University of Messina (IT)
- University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
- University of Verona (IT)
- University of Padua (IT)
- University of Trieste (IT)
- University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
- University of Pavia (IT)
- Policlinico Umberto I (IT)
- Regione Campania (IT)
- Magna Graecia University (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino (IT)
- Ospedale Maggiore (IT)
- Ospedale Maggiore Carlo Alberto Pizzardi (IT)
- Ospedale San Carlo (IT)
- Casa di Cura Villa Garda (IT)
- Department of Medical Sciences (RU)
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (IT)
- Federico II University Hospital (IT)
- Azienda USL di Bologna (IT)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese (IT)
- Associazione Italiana Vulvodinia Onlus (IT)
- Società Italiana di Medicina Generale (IT)
- Ospedale Santa Maria Goretti (IT)
- Ospedale Regina Apostolorum (IT)
- Campus Bio Medico University Hospital (IT)
- Ospedale Policlinico San Martino (IT)
- Ospedale Sant'Anna (IT)
- Policlinico San Matteo Fondazione (IT)
- Istituto di Sessuologia Clinica (IT)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
- University of Naples Federico II (IT)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- University of Palermo (IT)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
- Published
- 2025-06-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-025-01747-y
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.39
Funders
- Università degli Studi di Trieste