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Weight

Weight, in the context of Obesity Management, refers to body mass and its composition as indicators of metabolic health, and to the clinical processes of weight loss, maintenance, and regain that determine long-term outcomes. Body weight reflects the balance between energy intake and expenditure, but its health sign…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 11 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 59× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2574-450X 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Weight, in the context of Obesity Management, refers to body mass and its composition as indicators of metabolic health, and to the clinical processes of weight loss, maintenance, and regain that determine long-term outcomes. Body weight reflects the balance between energy intake and expenditure, but its health significance depends on the distribution between fat mass, lean tissue, and the physiological behaviour of adipose tissue as an active endocrine organ. Excess adiposity is linked to type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and psychiatric comorbidity, while patterns established early in life, including low birth weight, can shape cardiometabolic risk in adulthood. Approaches to weight reduction span dietary modification and energy-density management, high-protein and other structured diets, pharmacological and botanical interventions, and bariatric procedures such as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and intragastric balloon placement, whose outcomes vary considerably between individuals. Successful management is judged not only by initial loss but by durable maintenance, since regain is common and undermines metabolic benefit. Accurate measurement of body composition, rather than weight alone, refines assessment and individualises treatment. Research in this area connects the physiology of adipose tissue, the predictors of surgical and dietary response, and the behavioural determinants of eating to build effective, sustainable strategies for managing weight and its associated disease burden.

Research published in this journal

11 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2016

Obesity in Schizophrenia

V. Seeman MaryCorresponding author
Professor Emerita, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 260 Heath St. W., Suite 605, Toronto, Ontario, M5P 3L6, Canada.
Exact topic Obesity Management Cited by 18 doi:10.14302/issn.2574-450X.jom-16-1039

How this research is being cited

The 11 articles above have been cited 59 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Weight, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Obesity Management (ISSN 2574-450X).

Journal editorial board
Amit Surve · United States Paola Aceto · Italy Joseph Fomusi Ndisang · Canada

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