Onboarding obesity management in cardiovascular care: A cardiologist's guide to latest advances.

ABSTRACT: In recent decades, the prevalence of obesity has escalated markedly, becoming a serious epidemic and public health crisis requiring urgent and sustained attention. Obesity is associated with a large number of health conditions, including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), which contribute to an increase in mortality and overall global health challenge. Despite its high morbidity and mortality, most healthcare practitioners perceive obesity as an outcome of unhealthy lifestyle rather than a disease by itself. As such, obesity is either overlooked or considered a minor risk factor for CVD in clinical practice, among others. Since cardiovascular (CV) causes remain the leading cause of death in patients with obesity, cardiologists are among the most frequently visited healthcare professionals and

SUBMITTER: Schiele F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12035917 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature