Safe and Effective Management of the Obese Patient

摘要: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased dramatically in the recent decades, is now a major public health problem. Obesity negatively influences an individual's by increasing mortality raising risk for multiple medical conditions such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, coronary heart disease. In addition, obese individual often brunt social discrimination. Weight loss been shown to reduce many these comorbid conditions. A multifaceted approach patient should include identifying potential causes weight gain, outlining that would benefit loss, tailoring program safe effective individual. Components successful dietary intervention, recommendations physical activity, behavior modification, and, select group patients, pharmacologic or surgical intervention.