21: Obesity Phenotypes Explain What Drives the Disease

11/01/2023 6 min Episodio 21
21: Obesity Phenotypes Explain What Drives the Disease

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Episode Synopsis

Wide variation in response to current treatments for obesity suggest that the disease is really several diseases, with distinct phenotypes unlikely to respond the same way to the same intervention. Andres Acosta, MD, PhD, whose widely recognized research focuses on precision medicine in management of obesity, sat down with Patient Care Online and details how weight management interventions targeted by phenotype more closely reflect the pathophysiology of the disease.

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