page_title: Medical algorithm
hierarchical_section_title: Medical algorithm
caption_attribution_description: English: Assessment and treatment algorithm for overweight and obesity.
context_page_description: A medical algorithm is any computation, formula, statistical survey, nomogram, or look-up table, useful in healthcare. Medical algorithms include decision tree approaches to healthcare treatment and also less clear-cut tools aimed at reducing or defining uncertainty. A medical prescription is also a type of medical algorithm.
context_section_description: A medical algorithm is any computation, formula, statistical survey, nomogram, or look-up table, useful in healthcare.  Medical algorithms include decision tree approaches to healthcare treatment (e.g., if symptoms A, B, and C are evident, then use treatment X) and also less clear-cut tools aimed at reducing or defining uncertainty. A medical prescription is also a type of medical algorithm.
caption: A medical algorithm for assessment and treatment of overweight and obesity.
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