Srinagar, Dec. 9 -- As major contributors to poor health outcomes, overweight and obesity plague the modern world. Obesity is associated with an increased risk for common illnesses, including type-II diabetes, hypertension, degenerative joint disease, sleep apnea, cancer, and other diseases.

Persons with obesity also suffer from stigma, in large part because obesity has erroneously been viewed as being brought on primarily by a person's own unhealthy behaviour.

Fortunately, advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of obesity are helping to counter some of that stigma and are also ushering in novel pharmacologic, surgical, and behavioural interventions.

Recently, I attended a CME on current clinical challenges in weight and ...