Obesity as a Disease: A Primer on Clinical and Physiological Insights

AAYUSH SHAH; ORHUN DAVARCI; PETER CHAFTARI; ELEONORA AVENATTI

doi:10.14797/mdcvj.1515

Obesity as a Disease: A Primer on Clinical and Physiological Insights

AAYUSH SHAH, ORHUN DAVARCI, PETER CHAFTARI, ELEONORA AVENATTI

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Abstract

Obesity is now recognized as a multifaceted chronic disease that is intricately linked to metabolic, biochemical, and psychosocial dysfunction. In this article, we review the epidemiology of obesity, current understanding of its physiopathology, and the recommended staging system used to approach it as a chronic disease, and we include an overview of its health implications.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4-13
Number of pages	10
Journal	Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1515
State	Published - 2025

Keywords

adiposopathy
cardiometabolic syndrome
diabesity
fat mass disease
obesity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Medicine

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