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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Redefining Obesity: A Narrative Review of Diagnostic Evolution, Therapeutic Strategies and Psychosocial Determinants.

Artur Przybyłowski, Michał Górski, Weronika Gwioździk, Renata Polaniak

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing 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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Trends in Diagnosing Obesity: The CALOR Study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026
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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.

Artur PrzybyłowskiDepartment of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-055 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0009-0001-0928-5810
Michał GórskiDepartment of Chronic Diseases and Civilization-Related Hazards, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-055 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0654-3765
Weronika GwioździkDepartment of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 41-902 Bytom, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0773-5750
Renata PolaniakDepartment of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Public Health in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-055 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3371-1779

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is increasingly recognized as a chronic, relapsing, and multifactorial disease requiring individualized care. This narrative review synthesizes recent developments in the definition, diagnosis, and treatment of obesity, highlighting key shifts in diagnostic frameworks (e.g., ICD-11), advances in pharmacotherapy, and the psychosocial dimensions shaping care engagement. Limitations of BMI, the impact of stigma, and structural inequities are discussed as barriers to effective management. By integrating clinical, psychological, and societal perspectives, this review advocates for a multidimensional, stigma-informed, and equity-oriented approach to obesity care.

Indexed as

bariatric surgerybody weight stigmachronic diseaseGLP-1 receptor agonistshealth equitymultidisciplinary careobesitypsychosocial determinants

Identifiers

PMID40868582
PMCPMC12385716

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