ReviewInternational journal of obesity (2005)2025
Obesity: a 100 year perspective.
Review in International journal of obesity (2005), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed.
- Efficacy and safety of bofanglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist, in Chinese adults with overweight or obesity: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2b trial.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of a Digital Therapy on 6-Month Weight Loss in People With Obesity: The Digital Therapy to Promote Weight Loss in Patients With Obesity by Increasing Their Adherence to Treatment (DEMETRA) Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
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- The Evolution of Medications for Obesity Management.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026Review
- The Role of Fathers in the Intergenerational Transmission of Obesity.Current obesity reports · 2026Review
- Brain Amylin Signaling, Feeding, and Reward.Comprehensive Physiology · 2026Review
- Precision nutrition in weight loss and neuroendocrine control of people with obesity: The study protocol of a factorial randomised controlled trial (GenON Programme).Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2026Article
- Exercise Improves Sarcopenic Obesity Through Inhibition of Ferroptosis and Activation of the AMPK/ACC Pathway.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Adenylosuccinate Synthase 1 Deficiency Improves Energy Metabolism by Promoting Adipose Tissue Re-esterification via Glycerol Kinase Upregulation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Intermittent hypoxic conditioning as a novel strategy for obesity treatment: current evidence and future perspectives.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Obesity: Prevalence, causes, consequences, management, preventive strategies and future research directions.Metabolism open · 2025Review
- Low- or No-Energy Sweeteners and Body Weight Management: Dissecting a "Minor" Effect.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Review
- Obesity and its management in primary care setting.Journal of diabetes and its complications · 2025Review
- IL-27 alleviates high-fat diet-induced obesity and metabolic disorders by inhibiting adipogenesis via activating HDAC6.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Relative fat mass is associated with vitamin D deficiency in individuals with diabetes: evidence from NHANES and a Chinese cohort.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
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Abstract
This review has examined the scientific basis for our current understanding of obesity that has developed over the past 100 plus years. Obesity was defined as an excess of body fat. Methods of establishing population and individual changes in levels of excess fat are discussed. Fat cells are important storage site for excess nutrients and their size and number affect the response to insulin and other hormones. Obesity as a reflection of a positive fat balance is influenced by a number of genetic and environmental factors and phenotypes of obesity can be developed from several perspectives, some of which have been elaborated here. Food intake is essential for maintenance of human health and for the storage of fat, both in normal amounts and in obesity in excess amounts. Treatment approaches have taken several forms. There have been numerous diets, behavioral approaches, along with the development of medications.. Bariatric/metabolic surgery provides the standard for successful weight loss and has been shown to have important effects on future health. Because so many people are classified with obesity, the problem has taken on important public health dimensions. In addition to the scientific background, obesity through publications and organizations has developed its own identity. While studying the problem of obesity this reviewer developed several aphorisms about the problem that are elaborated in the final section of this paper.
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