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When a patient with obesity reports a new symptom, many physicians are quick to focus on the excess weight without exploring alternative reasons. Wrong approach, experts said.

They further called for obesity to be grouped into two broad categories, depending on whether a person’s obesity is actively causing related health problems: preclinical and clinical obesity.

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Pfizer is ending the development of its potential once-daily pill treatment for obesity before venturing into the biggest and most expensive level of clinical testing.

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The document also emphasizes the need for professional training, including adapted physical examinations and respectful language — such as “person with obesity” instead of “obese ...

The drug manufacturer will no longer study and test danuglipron after a participant in a clinical trial was injured.