Overweight and obesity in adults pose a major public health challenge, substantially raising the risk of cardiovascular and other morbidities, as well as all-cause mortality.
Requires incorporation of obesity evaluation into clinical workflows; reinforces the foundation for evidence-based obesity guidelines and trials.
An estimated 97 million adults in the United States are overweight or obese, a condition that substantially raises their risk of morbidity from hypertension, dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and respiratory problems, and endometrial, breast, prostate, and colon cancers. Higher body weights are also associated with increases in all-cause mortality. Obese individuals may also suffer from social stigmatization and discrimination. As a major contributor to preventive death in the United States today, overweight and obesity pose a major public health challenge.
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