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Priya Manjoo, MD
The Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines published in 2020 define obesity as a complex chronic disease, characterized by abnormal or excessive body fat (adiposity) that impairs health.[1] Like any other... Read More
The term chronic disease has been defined by several public health agencies, including the CDC and WHO. While somewhat varied, the definitions generally agree that chronic diseases have complex etiologies, are of long... Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic is of particular relevance to patients with obesity. Early clinical reports from China, Italy, and the US identified that age, hypertension, cardiac disease, and diabetes are strongly associated... Read More