Obesity management for the hepatologist-What to do, how to do it and why?

Kymberly D Watt; Sonali Paul; Mohammad Qasim Khan; Mohammad Siddiqui; Jenny Lam; Tayyab S Diwan; Michael Camilleri

doi:10.1097/HEP.0000000000000598

Obesity management for the hepatologist-What to do, how to do it and why?

Hepatology. 2023 Sep 19. doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000598. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Kymberly D Watt¹, Sonali Paul², Mohammad Qasim Khan³, Mohammad Siddiqui⁴, Jenny Lam⁵, Tayyab S Diwan⁵, Michael Camilleri¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
² Center for Liver Diseases, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
³ Division of Gastroenterology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
⁵ Division of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

PMID: 37725761
DOI: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000598

Abstract

Obesity is highly prevalent in hepatology clinics and has a significant impact on chronic liver disease and patient management. Hepatologists and gastroenterologists need to be actively engaged in the management of obesity. This review provides a detailed approach to this challenging comorbidity.