obesity is a large issue because we know that it affects so many system functions and has an overall poor contribution to major disorders i.e. diabetes, htn, arthritis, dementia, cva and many others, chronic inflammation is a problem and obesity is just one of the risk factors and we also know that a lot of times what seems to be is that when a person has obesity they are also engaging in other things causing chronic inflammation i.e. smoking, alcohol, rural areas (lack of resources), etc

A very complicated disease with protean manifestations. The #1 killer in the US.

Obesity is a multifactorial disease with systemic inflammation as one of its core defects.

Chronic inflammation continues to shape the clinical burden of Obesity. Emerging evidence links adipose tissue dysfunction with systemic metabolic dysregulation, insulin resistance, and multi-organ complications. As a result, obesity is increasingly recognized as a chronic inflammatory condition with far-reaching effects on overall health.

Growing evidence supports the importance of early and sustained interventions to improve long-term weight management and reduce associated cardiometabolic risk.

Hopefully the insurance companies will read this data. Another example of the health benefits of weight loss.