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| Opinion | July 10, 2022

Current status of obesity treatment in Korea: based on the 2020 Korean Society for the Study of Obesity guidelines for obesity management

Eun-Jung Rhee

J Korean Med Assoc. 2022;65(7):388-392.

Background: Obesity is a complex disease, and its prevalence is gradually increasing globally. The increasing prevalence of obesity is shown to significantly affect the development of obesity-related comorbidities. This paper...

Current advances in obesity treatment | Focused Issue of This Month | July 10, 2022

Current status and epidemiology of adult obesity in Korea

Ga Eun Nam

J Korean Med Assoc. 2022;65(7):394-399.

Background: Obesity has emerged as one of the most critical public health problems and is considered a global epidemic. Herein we summarized the recent epidemiology of obesity in Korean adults...

Current advances in obesity treatment | Focused Issue of This Month | July 10, 2022

Non-pharmacologic treatment for obesity

Bo Kyung Koo

J Korean Med Assoc. 2022;65(7):400-407.

Background: The prevalence of obesity has been rapidly increasing in the Korean population. Obesity is a well-known risk factor for various chronic diseases, including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, chronic...

Current advances in obesity treatment | Focused Issue of This Month | July 10, 2022

Pharmacologic treatment of obesity

Han Na Jung, Chang Hee Jung

J Korean Med Assoc. 2022;65(7):408-416.

Background: Obesity and obesity-related comorbidities are increasingly being recognized as significant threats to global health. Pharmacological treatments are required in patients in whom lifestyle modifications fail to achieve an individual’s...

Current advances in obesity treatment | Focused Issue of This Month | July 10, 2022

Surgical treatment for obesity

Da Young Lee, Chang Min Lee

J Korean Med Assoc. 2022;65(7):417-422.

Background: Bariatric or metabolic surgery is a safe and effective intervention for patients with obesity at higherrisk. In 2019, after the reimbursement in Korea, the number of metabolic surgery cases...

Current advances in obesity treatment | Focused Issue of This Month | July 10, 2022

Association between obesity and COVID-19

Soo Lim

J Korean Med Assoc. 2022;65(7):423-429.

Background: Since December 2019, most countries have struggled with the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). During the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, weight gain became prevalent because the preventive...

| Continuing Education Column | July 10, 2022

Reperfusion therapy in acute ischemic stroke

Sang-Hwa Lee, Ju-Hun Lee

J Korean Med Assoc. 2022;65(7):430-439.

Background: Until mid-2010, intravenous thrombolysis remains the only reperfusion therapy for acute ischemic stroke. In 2015, the five pivotal endovascular recanalization therapy (ERT) trials demonstrated that ERT improved the prognosis...

| Pharmacotherapeutics | July 10, 2022

Pharmacotherapy for pulmonary embolism: new anticoagulants

Hun-Gyu Hwang, Yang-Ki Kim

J Korean Med Assoc. 2022;65(7):442-448.

Background: Pulmonary embolism is associated with reduced survival and considerable economic burden worldwide. In Korea, the incidence of pulmonary embolism has been gradually increasing. Older individuals are at an increased...

| Special Contribution | July 10, 2022

Improvement of supportive systems for medically-underserved areas

Sun Mi Lim, Kye Hyun Kim

J Korean Med Assoc. 2022;65(7):449-459.

Background: In order to encourage physicians to work in medically-underserved areas, it is imperative to provide financial incentives and appropriate supportive systems. This paper reviews the concept of medically-underserved areas...

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