Background: The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of
Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and …

The goal of obesity management is to improve health. Sustained weight loss of more than
10% overall bodyweight improves many of the complications associated with obesity (eg …

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in patients with diabetes.
Cardiovascular disease in diabetes is multifactorial, and control of the cardiovascular risk …

BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National
Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease …

Importance Severe obesity and its related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension,
dyslipidemia, and sleep apnea, are very common in the United States, but currently very few …

Objective The development of these updated clinical practice guidelines (CPG) was
commissioned by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity …

The metabolic syndrome, by definition, is not a disease but is a clustering of individual
metabolic risk factors including abdominal obesity, hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia …

Obesity is a chronic, progressive and relapsing disease with a rising global prevalence
associated with increased morbidity and mortality and reduced quality of life. Treatment of …

Recent insights into the pathophysiologic underlying mechanisms of obesity have led to the
discovery of several promising drug targets and novel therapeutic strategies to address the …

Importance People with severe obesity who undergo a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for
osteoarthritis (OA) are at higher risk of short-term and long-term complications compared …