Renata Bressan Pepe, Ana Maria Lottenberg, Clarissa Tamie Hiwatashi Fujiwara, Mônica Beyruti, Dennys Esper Cintra, Roberta Marcondes Machado, Alessandra Rodrigues, Natália Sanchez Oliveira Jensen, Ana Paula Silva Caldas, Ariana Ester Fernandes, Carina Rossoni, Fernanda Mattos, João Henrique Fabiano Motarelli, Josefina Bressan, Juliana Saldanha, Lis Mie Masuzawa Beda, Maria Sílvia Ferrari Lavrador, Mariana Del Bosco, Patrícia Cruz, Poliana Espíndola Correia, Priscila Maximino, Silvia Pereira, Sílvia Leite Faria, Silvia Maria Fraga Piovacari
Obesity is a chronic disease resulting from multifactorial causes mainly related to lifestyle (sedentary lifestyle, inadequate eating habits) and to other conditions such as genetic, hereditary, psychological, cultural, and ethnic factors. The weight loss process is slow and complex, and involves lifestyle changes with an emphasis on nutritional therapy, physical activity practice, psychological interventions, and pharmacological or surgical treatment. Because the management of obesity is a long-term process, it is essential that the nutritional treatment contributes to the maintenance of the individual's global health...
June 9, 2023: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome