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Phenotyping of Obesity Treatment Candidates: A Narrative Review.
Current obesity reports - 1 Sept 2024
Sherf-Dagan Shiri, Refaeli Rotem, Buch Assaf
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review explores characterizing candidates for obesity treatments including pharmacotherapy, endoscopic bariatric therapies, and metabolic bariatric surgery (MBS), focusing on established clinical parameters for diagnosing obesity beyond body mass index alone. RECENT FINDINGS: Existing literature primarily provides rates for fat mass percentage (i.e., a marker for adiposity quantity), waist...
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