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Obesity is defined as an excess of body fat. It is currently estimated that more than 1.5 billion people worldwide are overweight [1]. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), at least one-third of Americans are obese. Unfortunately, the tsunami of obesity led to the recent report that bariatric surgery has become the second most common abdominal operation in the USA [2]. These numbers should serve as a call to action for the implementation of obesity therapy in every primary care clinic and in most subspecialty clinics; endocrinology and diabetes care clinics are particularly important. In terms of obesity treatment, there are ample opportunities for secondary “prevention” of weight gain – in both overweight and obese patients – to keep obesity from getting worse, as well as treatment to reduce body weight and to improve health and well-being.

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Acknowledgments

I would like to acknowledge the two people who taught me the most about obesity therapy, Professors George Bray and Frank Greenway; Corby Martin, who introduced me to the science of behavior modification; and Tim Church, who made exercise science interesting and pertinent to obesity and diabetes.

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  1. Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes, Florida Hospital and Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, Winter Park, FL, USA

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  1. Division of Endocrinology,, Diabetes & Metabolism, University of Miami, Miami, 33136, Florida, USA

    Jay Skyler

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The Practical Guide to the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: Available on the NHLBI Web site at www.nhlbi.nih.gov and http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_home.htm

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Smith, S.R. (2012). Obesity Therapy. In: Skyler, J. (eds) Atlas of Diabetes. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1028-7_15

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