McCafferty Benjamin J, Hill James O, Gunn Andrew J
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL.
Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 Mar;23(1):100653. doi: 10.1016/j.tvir.2020.100653. Epub 2020 Jan 11.
Obesity is a public health epidemic in the United States, with implications for patients across many organ systems. Despite improvements in understanding the pathophysiology and increasing number of therapies for obesity, its prevalence continues to rise. The purpose of this review is to provide the interventional radiologist with an understanding of (1) the epidemiology of obesity; (2) the impact of obesity on patients and the healthcare system; (3) the causes of obesity; (4) conservative management of obesity; and (5) pharmacologic management of obesity.
肥胖在美国是一种公共卫生流行病，对多个器官系统的患者都有影响。尽管在理解肥胖的病理生理学方面有所进步，且肥胖治疗方法的数量不断增加，但其患病率仍在持续上升。本综述的目的是让介入放射科医生了解：（1）肥胖的流行病学；（2）肥胖对患者和医疗系统的影响；（3）肥胖的成因；（4）肥胖的保守治疗；以及（5）肥胖的药物治疗。
