Obesity and Lung Disease A Guide to Management
As a result of the rapidly growing rate of obesity worldwide, clinicians are struggling to provide the best strategies for treating obese patients with concomitant pulmonary conditions. Obesity does not simply change the epidemiology of pulmonary disease;
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Anne E. Dixon Emmanuelle M. Clerisme-Beaty
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Obesity and Lung Disease A Guide to Management
Editors Anne E. Dixon Department of Medicine University of Vermont College of Medicine Burlington, VT, USA
Emmanuelle M. Clerisme-Beaty Clinical Development Medical Affairs, Respiratory Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Ridgefield, CT, USA
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Preface
The prevalence of obesity is increasing at an alarming rate, with more than 300 million obese people worldwide. The increase in the prevalence of obesity has been most pronounced in developed countries. For example, in the United States, the prevalence of obesity has doubled over the past 30 years, with more than a third of adults meeting criteria for obesity based on a body mass index (BMI) >30 kg/m2. This number is likely to continue to increase in the coming decade, as more than two-thirds of US adults have been shown to be overweight and at r
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