Treating obesity seriously: when recommendations for lifestyle change confront biological adaptations

Affiliations

¹ Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10128, USA; New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: christopher.ochner@mountsinai.org.
² Kaiser Permanente of Colorado, Departments of Internal Medicine and Metabolic-Surgical Weight Management, Denver, CO, USA; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; Center for Lifestyle Medicine, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁴ Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Christopher N Ochner et al. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015 Apr.

. 2015 Apr;3(4):232-4.

doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00009-1. Epub 2015 Feb 12.

¹ Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10128, USA; New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: christopher.ochner@mountsinai.org.
² Kaiser Permanente of Colorado, Departments of Internal Medicine and Metabolic-Surgical Weight Management, Denver, CO, USA; University of Colorado School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; Center for Lifestyle Medicine, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁴ Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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Comment in

Reversible biological adaptations in obesity.
Södersten P, Bergh C, Shield J, Lightman S. Södersten P, et al. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015 May;3(5):314. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00090-X. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015. PMID: 25943749 No abstract available.
Reversible biological adaptations in obesity - Authors' reply.
Ochner CN, Tsai AG, Kushner RF, Wadden TA. Ochner CN, et al. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015 May;3(5):314-5. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00091-1. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015. PMID: 25943750 No abstract available.