Obesity Treatments and Controversies

Controversies in Obesity Treatment

The markedly high prevalence of obesity contributes to the increased incidence of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, and heart disease. Because of high prevalence of obesity in almost all countries, it has been the focus of many researches throughout the world during the recent decades. Along with increasing researches, new concepts and controversies have been emerge...

Commentary: obesity claims and controversies.

There is very strong evidence to indicate that this is true, i.e. that the incidence of obesity is increasing in most of the countries in which we have information. 2–5 The authors question the use of the word epidemic, a point we will not belabour except to say that definitions of epidemic are not confined to infectious diseases but rather rest on a health phenomenon being ‘clearly in excess o...

controversies in obesity treatment

the markedly high prevalence of obesity contributes to the increased incidence of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, and heart disease. because of high prevalence of obesity in almost all countries, it has been the focus of many researches throughout the world during the recent decades. along with increasing researches, new concepts and controversies have been emerge...

Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas: treatments and controversies.

Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs) are a fairly common pediatric brain tumor, and children with these tumors have a dismal prognosis. They generally are diagnosed within the first decade of life, and due to their location within the pons, these tumors are not surgically resectable. The median survival for children with DIPGs is less than 1 year, in spite of decades of clinical trial deve...

Controversies in the treatments of prostate cancer.