Management of obesity in illness

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 09 Jun 1994 English Publisher:Mark Allen GroupJournal:British Journal of Nursing, volume 3, pages 565-570 (issn: 0966-0461, eissn: 2052-2819,

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Authors: J M, Gough;

doi: 10.12968/bjon.1994.3.11.565

pmid: 7950241

Management of obesity in illness

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Abstract

According to most height/weight charts, the term obese applies to people weighing 20% or more over their ideal body weight. This is of little practical use to nurses handling people of 20 stone or more on an infrequent basis. This article aims to repair some of the deficiency.

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Birmingham General Hospital
United Kingdom

Keywords

Adult, Humans, Female, Hygiene, Nursing Care, Obesity, Emergencies, Obesity, Morbid

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