Should Clinicians Ever Recommend Supplements to Patients Trying to Lose Weight? |
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Obesity is an important public health problem. Dietetic supplements are commonly used by
obese patients who are not aware of the effectiveness or potential harms of these products …

Abstract In this Perspective Statement from The Obesity Society, the Clinical Committee
discusses the use of weight loss supplements in the United States and the lack of regulatory …

This case study considers the ethical defensibility of recommending weight loss as a
treatment for patients with higher body mass indexes. Recommending weight loss may be …

Dietary supplements: When too much of a good thing becomes harmful - Mehta - 2021 -
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What Should Clinicians Know About Dietary Supplement Quality? | Journal of Ethics | American
Medical Association Skip to main content AMA Journal of Ethics ® Illuminating the Art of Medicine …

To assess how weight-loss diets tend to move away from the authority of conventional
medicine and become a field of abuse. Endocrinologists and specialists on metabolic …

Public use of dietary supplements is quite prevalent, with an estimated 1 of 5 patients using
such substances in an effort to maintain or promote their health. Despite their popularity …

and adverse event reporting; discusses tainted supplements and the FDA's and Federal
Trade Commission's enforcement actions against dietary supplements; and offers …

relevant data should be carefully collected and analyzed. This article considers how many
physicians' and patients' confusion about dietary supplement regulation can undermine …