Bariatric Endocrinology: Principles of Medical Practice

Table 6

Management model for diabetes and obesity: a successful model of care.

Diabetes mellitus	Overweight and obesity
Initial workup/risk assessment	Initial workup/risk assessment
Institute treatment	Institute treatment
Patient and family education	Patient and family education
Glucose self-monitoring	Step count and weekly weight
Quarterly office assessments: follow A1C, BMI, BP	Quarterly office assessments: follow BMI, BP, WC
Periodic screening for complications and risk restratification	Periodic screening for complications and risk restratification

A1C: glycosylated hemoglobin A1C; BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; WC: waist circumference.
See [63].