PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Aruchuna Ruban
AU  - Kostadin Stoenchev
AU  - Hutan Ashrafian
AU  - Julian Teare
TI  - Current treatments for obesity
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.19-3-205
DP  - 2019 May 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 205--212
VI  - 19
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/19/3/205.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/19/3/205.full
SO  - Clin Med2019 May 01; 19
AB  - 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.