2024 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Pharmacologic Treatment of Overweight and Obesity by the Korean Society for the Study of Obesity.

ABSTRACT: The Korean Society for the Study of Obesity has published the 9th edition of its Clinical Practice Guidelines to provide updated, evidence-based recommendations for the management of overweight and obesity. Developed through a structured process of systematic literature review and expert consensus, these guidelines incorporate recent clinical evidence for obesity management. Key clinical questions were formulated using the Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome framework and addressed through comprehensive evaluations of randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, systematic reviews, and existing guidelines. Major updates include the inclusion of the concept of clinical obesity, defined as excessive adiposity with tissue and organ dysfunction. The revised guidelines expand rec

SUBMITTER: Bae JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12583794 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature