Importance Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30, is associated with
a significant increase in the risk of many cancers and in overall mortality. However, various …

Obesity is recognized as a heterogeneous condition in which individuals with similar body
mass index may have distinct metabolic and cardiovascular risk profiles. Susceptibility to …

Background The accumulation of disparate diseases in complex multimorbidity makes
prevention difficult if each disease is targeted separately. We aimed to examine obesity as a …

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

Background Previous clinical trials and institutional studies have demonstrated that surgery
for the treatment of obesity (termed bariatric or metabolic surgery) reduces all-cause …

How the impact of the COVID‐19 stay‐at‐home orders is influencing physical, mental and
financial health among vulnerable populations, including those with obesity is unknown. The …

The steep rise of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and associated complications go along
with mounting evidence of clinically important sex and gender differences. T2DM is more …

Body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or higher is used to identify individuals with obesity. In the last
3 decades, the worldwide prevalence of obesity has increased 27.5% for adults and 47.1 …

The imbalance between energy intake and expenditure is the main cause of excessive
overweight and obesity. Technically, obesity is defined as the abnormal accumulation of≥ …

Obesity is a chronic disease with a continuously rising prevalence that currently affects more
than half a billion people worldwide. Energy balance and appetite are highly regulated via …