Publications

Comparing the predictive ability of the Edmonton Obesity Staging System with the body mass index for use of health services and pharmacotherapies in Australian adults: A nationally representative cross-sectional study. Atlantis E, Fahey P, Williams K, Edwards S, Samaras K, Dugdale P, Shi Z, Sharma AM.Clin Obes. 2020 May 18:e12368. doi: 10.1111/cob.12368. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32419298


COVID-19 and the role of chronic inflammation in patients with obesity.

Chiappetta S, Sharma AM, Bottino V, Stier C.Int J Obes (Lond). 2020 May 14:1-3. doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-0597-4. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32409680 


Improving obesity management training in family medicine: multi-methods evaluation of the 5AsT-MD pilot course.
Luig T, Wicklum S, Heatherington M, Vu A, Cameron E, Klein D, Sharma AM, Campbell-Scherer DL.BMC Med Educ. 2020 Jan 7;20(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1908-0.PMID: 31910854 


Examining the effects of a high-protein total diet replacement on energy metabolism, metabolic blood markers, and appetite sensations in healthy adults: protocol for two complementary, randomized, controlled, crossover trials.
Oliveira CLP, Boulé NG, Sharma AM, Elliott S, Siervo M, Ghosh S, Berg A, Prado CM.Trials. 2019 Dec 27;20(1):787. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3950-y.PMID: 31881910 


The Edmonton Obesity Staging System Predicts Mode of Delivery After Labour Induction.
Demsky AN, Stafford SM, Birch D, Sharma AM, Schulz JA, Steed H.J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2020 Mar;42(3):284-292. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2019.08.022. Epub 2019 Dec 19.PMID: 31864914


Thinking About People-First Language: Weight Bias, Stigma, and Discrimination, and Women’s Reproductive Health.
Maxwell C, Sharma A.J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2019 Nov;41(11):1533-1534. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2019.08.003.PMID: 31640858 


Higher Edmonton Obesity Staging System scores are associated with complications following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
Skulsky SL, Dang JT, Battiston A, Switzer NJ, Birch DW, Sharma AM, Karmali S.Surg Endosc. 2020 Jul;34(7):3102-3109. doi: 10.1007/s00464-019-07067-4. Epub 2019 Aug 27.PMID: 31456024


Perceptions of barriers to effective obesity management in Canada: Results from the ACTION study.
Sharma AM, Bélanger A, Carson V, Krah J, Langlois MF, Lawlor D, Lepage S, Liu A, Macklin DA, MacKay N, Pakseresht A, Pedersen SD, Ramos Salas X, Vallis M.Clin Obes. 2019 Oct;9(5):e12329. doi: 10.1111/cob.12329. Epub 2019 Jul 11.PMID: 31294535 


Addressing Internalized Weight Bias and Changing Damaged Social Identities for People Living With Obesity.
Ramos Salas X, Forhan M, Caulfield T, Sharma AM, Raine KD.Front Psychol. 2019 Jun 26;10:1409. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01409. eCollection 2019.PMID: 31293476 


Changing provider behaviour to increase nurse visits for obesity in family practice: the 5As Team randomized controlled trial.
Campbell-Scherer DL, Asselin J, Osunlana AM, Ogunleye AA, Fielding S, Anderson R, Cave A, Johnson JA, Sharma AM.CMAJ Open. 2019 May 30;7(2):E371-E378. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20180165. Print 2019 Apr-Jun.PMID: 31147378 

Weight loss enhances cardiac energy metabolism and function in heart failure associated with obesity. Karwi QG, Zhang L, Altamimi TR, Wagg CS, Patel V, Uddin GM, Joerg AR, Padwal RS, Johnstone DE, Sharma A, Oudit GY, Lopaschuk GD.Diabetes Obes Metab. 2019 Aug;21(8):1944-1955. doi: 10.1111/dom.13762. Epub 2019 Jun 4.PMID: 31050157

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