Obesity, one of the most prevalent health problems in the Western world, is a chronic and
progressive condition. Therefore, as with other chronic diseases, patients with obesity …

Obesity is a growing epidemic and a major contributor to the global burden of disease.
Obesity strains the healthcare systems and has profound economic and psychosocial …

The development of consensus guidelines for obesity is complex. It involves recommending
both treatment interventions and interventions related to screening and prevention. With so …

Objective: This study was designed to assess physicians' attitudes toward obese patients
and the causes and treatment of obesity. Research Methods and Procedures: A …

Obesity is a complex, chronic medical condition with a major negative impact on human
health. 1 Over the last 30 years, there has been an exponential growth in the prevalence of …

Although the disorders associated with obesity have been extensively studied, little attention
has been paid to the fact that obesity is itself a chronic disease. This misunderstanding of the …

The epidemic rise in obesity has fuelled the current debate over its classification as a
disease. Contrary to just being a medical condition or risk factor for other diseases, obesity is …

In 1998, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recognized obesity as a disease,
acknowledging its profound effects on individual health outcomes and socioeconomic costs …

For primary care physicians, obesity is one of the most challenging problems confronted in
office practice. The disorder is increasing in prevalence despite the efforts of both patients …

This guideline update reflects substantial advances in the epidemiology, determinants,
pathophysiology, assessment, prevention and treatment of obesity, and shifts the focus of …