Obesity.
Sean J IwamotoVictoria A CatenacciJohn Michael TaorminaPublished in: Annals of internal medicine (2024)
Obesity is a common condition and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Fortunately, weight loss treatment can reduce obesity-related complications. This review summarizes the evidence-based strategies physicians can employ to identify, prevent, and treat obesity, including best practices to diagnose and counsel patients, to assess and address the burden of weight-related disease including weight stigma, to address secondary causes of weight gain, and to help patients set individualized and realistic weight loss goals and an effective treatment plan. Effective treatments include lifestyle modification and adjunctive therapies such as antiobesity medications and metabolic and bariatric surgery.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- weight gain
- roux en y gastric bypass
- gastric bypass
- end stage renal disease
- obese patients
- body mass index
- metabolic syndrome
- newly diagnosed
- birth weight
- type diabetes
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- ejection fraction
- glycemic control
- insulin resistance
- prognostic factors
- cardiovascular disease
- patient reported outcomes
- combination therapy
- high fat diet induced
- depressive symptoms
- skeletal muscle
- human immunodeficiency virus
- gestational age
- hiv infected