The LancetPub Date : 2024-09-07Epub Date: 2024-08-16DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01210-8
Ildiko Lingvay, Ricardo V Cohen, Carel W le Roux, Priya Sumithran
{"title":"Obesity in adults.","authors":"Ildiko Lingvay, Ricardo V Cohen, Carel W le Roux, Priya Sumithran","doi":"10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01210-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01210-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Obesity has increased in prevalence worldwide and WHO has declared it a global epidemic. Population-level preventive interventions have been insufficient to slow down this trajectory. Obesity is a complex, heterogeneous, chronic, and progressive disease, which substantially affects health, quality of life, and mortality. Lifestyle and behavioural interventions are key components of obesity management; however, when used alone, they provide substantial and durable response in a minority of people. Bariatric (metabolic) surgery remains the most effective and durable treatment, with proven benefits beyond weight loss, including for cardiovascular and renal health, and decreased rates of obesity-related cancers and mortality. Considerable progress has been made in the development of pharmacological agents that approach the weight loss efficacy of metabolic surgery, and relevant outcome data related to these agents' use are accumulating. However, all treatment approaches to obesity have been vastly underutilised.</p>","PeriodicalId":18014,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":" ","pages":"972-987"},"PeriodicalIF":98.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142004528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2024-09-07DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01649-0
Georgios D Panos
{"title":"Violating independence assumption in medical statistics.","authors":"Georgios D Panos","doi":"10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01649-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01649-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18014,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"404 10456","pages":"934-935"},"PeriodicalIF":98.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142145934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2024-09-07DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01601-5
Abdu A Adamu, Humphrey Karamagi, Charles S Wiysonge
{"title":"Monitoring implementation in routine immunisation.","authors":"Abdu A Adamu, Humphrey Karamagi, Charles S Wiysonge","doi":"10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01601-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01601-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18014,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"404 10456","pages":"932-933"},"PeriodicalIF":98.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142145926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2024-09-07DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01860-9
Richard Horton
{"title":"Offline: The case for a biorenaissance.","authors":"Richard Horton","doi":"10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01860-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01860-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18014,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"404 10456","pages":"918"},"PeriodicalIF":98.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142145927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2024-08-31DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01609-X
Samuel Kizito, Josephine Nabayinda, Proscovia Nabunya, Fred M Ssewamala
{"title":"HIV and tuberculosis in Uganda: are we neglecting poverty?","authors":"Samuel Kizito, Josephine Nabayinda, Proscovia Nabunya, Fred M Ssewamala","doi":"10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01609-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01609-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18014,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"404 10455","pages":"844-845"},"PeriodicalIF":98.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142108878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The LancetPub Date : 2024-08-31DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01778-1
Sharmila Devi
{"title":"Nicaragua bans more than 1650 NGOs.","authors":"Sharmila Devi","doi":"10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01778-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01778-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18014,"journal":{"name":"The Lancet","volume":"404 10455","pages":"838"},"PeriodicalIF":98.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142108882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}