Obesity in COPD: to treat or not to treat?

Vanessa M McDonald^{1

2

3}, Lisa G Wood², Anne E Holland^{4

5

6}, Peter G Gibson^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ a National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Excellence in Severe Asthma , Newcastle , Australia.
² b Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs , The University of Newcastle , Newcastle , Australia.
³ c Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine , John Hunter Hospital , Newcastle , Australia.
⁴ d Discipline of Physiotherapy , La Trobe University , Melbourne , Australia.
⁵ e Department of Physiotherapy , Alfred Health , Melbourne , Australia.
⁶ f Institute for Breathing and Sleep , Melbourne , Australia.

Editorial

Vanessa M McDonald et al. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;11(2):81-83.

doi: 10.1080/17476348.2017.1267570. Epub 2016 Dec 10.

Vanessa M McDonald^{1

2

3}, Lisa G Wood², Anne E Holland^{4

5

6}, Peter G Gibson^{1

2

3}

¹ a National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Excellence in Severe Asthma , Newcastle , Australia.
² b Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs , The University of Newcastle , Newcastle , Australia.
³ c Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine , John Hunter Hospital , Newcastle , Australia.
⁴ d Discipline of Physiotherapy , La Trobe University , Melbourne , Australia.
⁵ e Department of Physiotherapy , Alfred Health , Melbourne , Australia.
⁶ f Institute for Breathing and Sleep , Melbourne , Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: COPD; comorbidity; management; obesity; respiratory.

Comment on

Should we treat obesity in COPD? The effects of diet and resistance exercise training.
McDonald VM, Gibson PG, Scott HA, Baines PJ, Hensley MJ, Pretto JJ, Wood LG. McDonald VM, et al. Respirology. 2016 Jul;21(5):875-82. doi: 10.1111/resp.12746. Epub 2016 Feb 24. Respirology. 2016. PMID: 26916174 Clinical Trial.