Research
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Obesity is a multisystem disease where excess adiposity causes comorbidities across multiple organ systems (cardiovascular, metabolic, malignancy, mental health), and weight loss can prevent or reverse many of these conditions.
Obesity is a serious medical condition affecting your heart, liver, brain, and risk of cancer, not just your appearance. Treating it with weight loss can prevent or reverse many of these health issues. Seek medical help for obesity as you would for any other chronic disease.
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Obesity is a chronic multisystem disease associated with increased morbidity and mortality... weight loss can reduce/prevent some comorbidities.
Why this rating
Based on extensive review of epidemiological, clinical, and mechanistic studies.
Source
Obesity as a <scp>multisystem</scp> disease: Trends in obesity rates and <scp>obesity‐related</scp> complications
Shohinee Sarma et al. · Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism · 2021
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