When so many children and adults struggle with obesity, it’s easy to see why weight loss is often celebrated. Unfortunately, health care professionals sometimes apply those same social narratives to clinical decision-making, and the consequences can be dangerous. I’ve developed two distinct clinical niches: metabolic dysfunction and tuberculosis. A colleague once asked me to review
Why doctors must stop ignoring unintentional weight loss in patients with obesity originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
