Obesity in Women: The Clinical Impact on Gastrointestinal and Reproductive Health and Disease Management.
Approximately 36% of adult women in the United States are obese. Although obesity affects women similarly to men in terms of prevalence, there seem to be gender-specific differences in the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and treatment of obesity. Obesity is linked to comorbid diseases involving multiple organ systems, including the gastrointestinal tract, like gastroesophageal reflux disease, fatty liver disease, and gallstones. This article focuses on obesity in women, specifically the impact of obesity on gastrointestinal diseases and reproductive health, as well as the treatment of obesity in women.
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, 4 South, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: octavia.pickett-blakely@uphs.upenn.edu.
Octavia
O
Pickett-Blakely
Department of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 North 15th Street, New College Building, Suite 5104, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.
Laura
L
Uwakwe
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Pennsylvania, 51 North, 39th Street, 218 Wright Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Farzana
F
Rashid
D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D004035:Diet Therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000453:epidemiology*; D065626:Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D060728:Reproductive Health
Bariatric; Obesity; Overweight; Women