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The guidelines provide context-specific recommendations tailored to individual patient needs.
Healthcare providers should customize obesity management strategies for individual patients.
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Context-specific recommendations tailored to individual patient needs are highlighted.
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The guidelines are based on a consensus of published evidence.
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iCARDIO Alliance Global Implementation Guidelines for the Management of Obesity: Focus on Prevention and Treatment of Cardiometabolic Disease
Stefan D Anker et al. · Journal of the Association of Physicians of India · 2026
DOI 10.59556/japi.74.1445
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