Developing dimensions for a multicomponent multidisciplinary approach to obesity management

Can the recommendations of stakeholders involved in obesity management be used to operationalise a multicomponent multidisciplinary approach to obesity management in adults that addresses the limitations of linear cause and effect approaches for a condition that is regarded as complex and multisystem?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN10164509

Enrollment

Registered

2016-11-14

Start date

2011-03-10

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-11-28

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Conditions

Obesity Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Obesity

Interventions

1. Convergent interviewing was the main source of data. To achieve a representative sample with maximum diversity to interview, a stakeholder analysis process was conducted to identify the stakeholder

talks she gave on obesity, including questions and comments from the participants

multidisciplinary team meetings and obesity talks she attended as an observer

obesity training events and conferences

and conversations she had with colleagues, including her doctoral supervisors, and patients. 3. Reference to the literature progressed as an ongoing dialectic, between the data and the literature, thr

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Stakeholders including researchers, policy makers and practitioners in the field of obesity management, as well as overweight and obese individuals pursuing weight loss 2. Aged over 18

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals under 18 2. Stakeholders who were not working in, or experienced in, the field of obesity management 3. Patients who were not overweight or obese

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The components and disciplines that the collective data indicated could be involved in a multicomponent, multidisciplinary approach to obesity management	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The metacomponents evident in the data, and the sub-components of the main components identified	—

Countries

Australia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026