Obesity as a Chronic Disease, Not a Character Flaw
Hospitals & Health Network, January 11, 2017
Weight loss approaches ought to embraces both medical and behavioural treatment. Obesity is a multifocal chronic disease that has genetic and social factors, as well as comorbidity issues which all promote weight gain.
Classified as a chronic disease, obesity should also be treated as such. This means that treatment should help patients lose a sufficient amount of weight to improve or reverse related complications, which can impair their health. Essentially framing weight-loss not just for the sake of weight loss, but as a step towards reducing diabetes risks, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, obstructive sleep apnea, etc.
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