Challenges With Relying on Body Fat and Weight Values for Obesity—Reply

Narayan, Aditya; Agarwal, Ank A.; Stanford, Fatima Cody

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.2376

JAMA Intern Med

2024

DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.2376

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Challenges With Relying on Body Fat and Weight Values for Obesity—Reply

Aditya Narayan,

Ank A. Agarwal,

Fatima Cody Stanford

Abstract: https://www.shvs.org/the-end-of-the-covid-public-health-emergencypotential-health-equity-implications-of-ending-medicaid-continuous-coverage/ 4. Measuring household experiences during the coronavirus pandemic. US Census Bureau. Accessed April 17, 2024. https://www.census.gov/programssurveys/household-pulse-survey.html 5.

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The Patient’s Journey in Obesity within the United States: An Exercise of Resilience against Disease

Northam,

Hinds,

Bodepudi

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Obesity is often viewed as a result of patient failure to adhere to healthy dietary intake and physical activity; however, this belief undermines the complexity of obesity as a disease. Rates of obesity have doubled for adults and quadrupled for adolescents since the 1990s. Without effective interventions to help combat this disease, patients with obesity are at increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes, heart attack, stroke, liver disease, obstructive sleep apnea, and more. Patients often go through several barriers before they are offered pharmacotherapy or bariatric surgery, even though evidence supports the use of these interventions earlier. This partially stems from the cultural barriers associated with using these therapies, but it is also related to healthcare provider bias and limited knowledge of these therapies. Finally, even when patients are offered treatment for obesity, they often run into insurance barriers that keep them from treatment. There needs to be a cultural shift to accept obesity as a disease and improve access to effective treatments sooner to help decrease the risk of health complications associated with obesity.

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The Patient’s Journey in Obesity within the United States: An Exercise of Resilience against Disease

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Hinds,

Bodepudi

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