The impact of obesity: a narrative review
Obesity is a disease with a major negative impact on human health. However, people with obesity may not perceive their weight to be a significant problem and less than half of patients with obesity are advised by their physicians to lose weight. The purpose of this review is to highlight the importa...
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2023-03-01
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| author | Benjamin Chih Chiang Lam Amanda Yuan Ling Lim Soo Ling Chan Mabel Po Shan Yum Natalie Si Ya Koh Eric Andrew Finkelstein |
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| description | Obesity is a disease with a major negative impact on human health. However, people with obesity may not perceive their weight to be a significant problem and less than half of patients with obesity are advised by their physicians to lose weight. The purpose of this review is to highlight the importance of managing overweight and obesity by discussing the adverse consequences and impact of obesity. In summary, obesity is strongly related to >50 medical conditions, with many of them having evidence from Mendelian randomisation studies to support causality. The clinical, social and economic burdens of obesity are considerable, with these burdens potentially impacting future generations as well. This review highlights the adverse health and economic consequences of obesity and the importance of an urgent and concerted effort towards the prevention and management of obesity to reduce the burden of obesity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-43d3e5f4817f4e849d2fb0f8a463660b2025-02-09T13:45:31ZengWolters Kluwer – Medknow PublicationsSingapore Medical Journal0037-56752737-59352023-03-0164316317110.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2022-232The impact of obesity: a narrative reviewBenjamin Chih Chiang LamAmanda Yuan Ling LimSoo Ling ChanMabel Po Shan YumNatalie Si Ya KohEric Andrew FinkelsteinObesity is a disease with a major negative impact on human health. However, people with obesity may not perceive their weight to be a significant problem and less than half of patients with obesity are advised by their physicians to lose weight. The purpose of this review is to highlight the importance of managing overweight and obesity by discussing the adverse consequences and impact of obesity. In summary, obesity is strongly related to >50 medical conditions, with many of them having evidence from Mendelian randomisation studies to support causality. The clinical, social and economic burdens of obesity are considerable, with these burdens potentially impacting future generations as well. This review highlights the adverse health and economic consequences of obesity and the importance of an urgent and concerted effort towards the prevention and management of obesity to reduce the burden of obesity.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2022-232clinical impacteconomic burdenobesity |
| spellingShingle | Benjamin Chih Chiang Lam Amanda Yuan Ling Lim Soo Ling Chan Mabel Po Shan Yum Natalie Si Ya Koh Eric Andrew Finkelstein The impact of obesity: a narrative review Singapore Medical Journal clinical impact economic burden obesity |
| title | The impact of obesity: a narrative review |
| title_full | The impact of obesity: a narrative review |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of obesity: a narrative review |
| title_short | The impact of obesity: a narrative review |
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| topic | clinical impact economic burden obesity |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2022-232 |
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