TY - JOUR T1 - Current treatments for obesity JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 205 LP - 212 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.19-3-205 VL - 19 IS - 3 AU - Aruchuna Ruban AU - Kostadin Stoenchev AU - Hutan Ashrafian AU - Julian Teare Y1 - 2019/05/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/19/3/205.abstract N2 - Obesity is a major health and economic crisis facing the modern world. It is associated with excess mortality and morbidity and is directly linked to common conditions such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease and sleep apnoea. The management of obesity and its associated complications has evolved in recent years, with a shift towards more definitive strategies such as bariatric surgery. This review encompasses the dietary, pharmacological and surgical strategies currently available for the management of obesity. ER -