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ReviewJournal of the Endocrine Society2026

The important role of comorbidities in the management of obesity.

Sarah R Barenbaum, Beverly G Tchang, Louis J Aronne

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Review in Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sarah R BarenbaumNewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, New York, NY 10021, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8453-9430
Beverly G TchangNewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, New York, NY 10021, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2955-8089
Louis J AronneNewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, New York, NY 10021, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9890-9401

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is a chronic, multifactorial disease associated with more than 200 complications including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obstructive sleep apnea, dyslipidemia, hypertension, premature mortality, and numerous other adverse effects spanning multiple organ systems. In addition to these health complications, obesity also contributes to weight stigma and bias, which negatively affect access to care, treatment outcomes, and quality of life. Together, these complications and social consequences drive high morbidity, premature mortality, and increasing healthcare costs. Early diagnosis of obesity and systematic screening for related conditions are essential to improving health outcomes. Clinicians must treat obesity in addition to managing its complications, offering individualized strategies that may include lifestyle modification, pharmacotherapy, and bariatric surgery. Because obesity is a chronic and relapsing disease, effective management requires long-term follow-up and coordinated care through a multidisciplinary team. The effective treatment of obesity and its comorbidities can improve individual health outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, and reduce the global burden of chronic disease.

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complications of obesityobesityobesity comorbiditiesobesity complicationsweight loss

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PMID41737144
PMCPMC12927885

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