PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Weiss, Daniel
TI  - How to help your patients lose weight: Current therapy for obesity
DP  - 2000 Oct 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 739--753
VI  - 67
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/10/739.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/67/10/739.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2000 Oct 01; 67
AB  - Obesity is epidemic and dangerous. Weight loss is difficult but worth the effort. Although new weight-loss drugs are available, there are no magic bullets: to lose weight and keep it off, people must eat less and exercise more. This article presents a practical approach on how physicians can help their patients lose weight through diet, behavior modification, and adjunctive pharmacologic therapy.