A Women's health perspective on managing obesity.

Veronica R Johnson, Chika V Anekwe, Tiffani Bell Washington, Shradha Chhabria, Lucy Tu, Fatima Cody Stanford

Journal: Progress in cardiovascular diseases 2023;78():11-16

PMID: 37120120

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Abstract

While the prevalence of obesity in US men and women is nearly equivalent, obesity management in women requires a different approach that considers age and life stage in development including sexual maturation/reproduction, menopause and post-menopause. In this review, the diagnosis and treatment of obesity using lifestyle modification, pharmacotherapy and metabolic and bariatric surgery are discussed from a women's health perspective, with emphasis on management during pregnancy and post-partum.

Address: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States of America. Electronic address: [email protected].; Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH Weight Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism Unit, Boston, MA, United States of America; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America.; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America.; Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, United States of America; Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.; Department of Sociology, Department of History of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States of America.; Department of Medicine-Neuroendocrine Unit, Pediatric Endocrinology, MGH Weight Center, Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard, MA General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States of America.

DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2023.04.007

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MeSH Terms: Pregnancy, Male, Humans, Female, Women's Health, Obesity, Bariatric Surgery