Medical Care of Patients with Obesity
Publication Date: July 1, 2016
Last Updated: July 24, 2024
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The principal outcome and therapeutic target in the treatment of obesity should be to improve the health of the patient by preventing or treating weight-related complications using weight loss, not the loss of body weight per se. (, D)
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Medical Care of Patients with Obesity
Authoring Organization
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists