A working paradigm for the treatment of obesity in gastrointestinal practice

Obesity is a chronic, relapsing, multifactorial disease characterized by abnormal or excessive adipose tissue accumulation that may impair health and increase disease risks. Despite the ever-increasing prevalence and economic and societal burden, the current approaches to treat obesity are not standardized or generally effective. In this article, we describe a current working paradigm developed by a consensus approach for the multidisciplinary treatment of obesity in the gastrointestinal practice.
Source: Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Source Type: research