SOURCES:
Sarah Bramblette, senior advocacy manager, Obesity Action Coalition (OAC), Miami.
Obesity Medicine Association: "Why Obesity is a Disease," "Weight Loss Medication and Pregnancy: Is It Safe?"
UpToDate: "Overweight and Obesity in Adults: Health Consequences."
Current Obesity Reports: "Weight Loss and Improvement in Comorbidity: Differences at 5%, 10%, 15%, and Over."
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: "Prescription Medications to Treat Overweight & Obesity," "Potential Candidates for Weight-loss Surgery."
National Association of Insurance Commissioners: "Does Insurance Cover Prescription Weight Loss Injectables?"
American Medical Association: "Questions patients may have about weight-loss drugs."
The New England Journal of Medicine: "Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity."
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Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy: "Real-world persistence and adherence to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists among obese commercially insured adults without diabetes."
Journal of Psychiatric Research: "Obesity as a causal risk factor for depression: Systematic review and meta-analysis of Mendelian Randomization studies and implications for population mental health."
Johns Hopkins Medicine: “Doctors Who Specialize in Obesity,” “Intensive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity,” “Medical Nutrition Therapy for Weight Loss.”
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BJC Health Care: “How to Talk to Your Primary Care Doctor About Your Weight.”
Ochsner Health: “What is a Bariatrician?”
Obesity Action Coalition: “What is a Bariatrician?”
Medline Plus: “Benefits of Exercise.”
Maryville University: “What Is an Exercise Physiologist?”
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center: “Get Rid of the Extra, Get an Exercise Physiologist for Weight Loss.”
Victoria State Government Department of Health: “Obesity and Hormones.”
Endocrine Society: “Obesity.”
Nutrients: “The Effectiveness of Supportive Psychotherapy in Weight Loss in a Group of Young Overweight and Obese Women.”
Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin: “Psychotherapy/Behavioral Therapy for Weight Loss.”
Yale: “The Effect of Psychotherapy in the Management of Obesity: An umbrella review.”
