News 2023
Obesity should be renamed to improve treatment and prevention
4 Jul 2023
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- Researchers call for clearer messaging to help public and policymakers to better understand the disease of obesity.
- Conflicting understandings of the word ‘obesity’ jeopardise diagnosis and treatment.
- Clinicians are expressing concern at shortages of drugs which have been approved to treat obesity.