[Reception and initial assessment when caring for a person with severe obesity]

Abstract

In France, there are 37 specialist obesity treatment centres (CSOs), located in mainland and overseas France. Attached to public or private health establishments, they have two main missions, which they carry out within the framework of national specifications: the multidisciplinary management of severe or complex obesity, and the organisation, coordination and development of the regional obesity care network. This article illustrates the practice of the Caen Normandy CSO.

Keywords: CSO; centre spécialisé de l’obésité; multidisciplinarity; obesity; obésité; pluridisciplinarité; specialized obesity center.