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Current therapeutic strategies for obesity include lifestyle interventions, pharmacologic treatments, and bariatric surgery.
Practitioners should consider a multi-faceted approach to obesity treatment.
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Current therapeutic strategies rely on a stepped-care approach, beginning with lifestyle interventions encompassing dietary modification, physical activity, and behavioral therapy.
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Obesity: Genetic Insights, Therapeutic Strategies, Pharmacoeconomic Impact, and Psychosocial Dimensions
Gladious Naguib El-hadidy et al. · Obesities · 2025
DOI 10.3390/obesities5040086
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