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ReviewMethodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal2025

Obesity as a Disease: A Primer on Clinical and Physiological Insights.

Aayush Shah, Orhun Davarci, Peter Chaftari, Eleonora Avenatti

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Review in Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Low-Molecular-Weight Bovine Collagen Peptides Reduce Fat Accumulation inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Aayush ShahHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas, US.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6994-5569
Orhun DavarciSchool of Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University, Houston, Texas, US.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4209-3474
Peter ChaftariSchool of Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University, Houston, Texas, US.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1435-5852
Eleonora AvenattiHouston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas, US.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7153-3790

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is now recognized as a multifaceted chronic disease that is intricately linked to metabolic, biochemical, and psychosocial dysfunction. In this article, we review the epidemiology of obesity, current understanding of its physiopathology, and the recommended staging system used to approach it as a chronic disease, and we include an overview of its health implications.

Indexed as

ObesityHumansPrevalencePrognosisRisk AssessmentRisk Factorsadiposopathycardiometabolic syndromediabesityfat mass diseaseobesity

Identifiers

PMID39990758
PMCPMC11843931

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