title: Medical management of obesity.
abstract: Obesity has become a major health problem in many countries because of its high prevalence and causal relationship with serious medical complications. Many of the medical complications associated with obesity improve with intentional weight in a dose-dependent fashion, and even a modest weight loss of 50% of initial weight has beneficial effects. This article reviews the nonsurgical approaches for achieving weight loss in obese persons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110-1093, USA. sklein@im.wustl.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001067:Appetite Depressants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000145:classification / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy; D015995:Prevalence; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D001067:Appetite Depressants