Comparaison des caractéristiques de patients obèses hospitalisés ou pris en charge en ambulatoire par un réseau, dans le département de l'Essonne

This study compared the characteristics of obese patients followed in two different systems: inpatients from an aftercare institution (Unité médicalisée de l'obésité, UMO) and outpatients from a local health network (ROMDES health network). The patients (966 inpatients and 857 outpatients) mainly suffer of severe obesity (mean BMI ≥35.0 kg/m²); most of them (>80%) being women. The two main discriminating factors are severe obesity and the note on eating behavior. Males, so as females, admitted in the UMO department report a higher number of between-meal food intakes than patients followed by the ROMDES network program. Initial hospitalization of those patients may be useful in cases of severe obesity with eating disorders.