Obesity is a serious, chronic disease with multiple health consequences. Effective treatment should go beyond simply reducing body weight. It must focus on decreasing fat mass, improving body composition including preserving muscle mass and enhancing muscle quality addressing associated metabolic comorbidities, and ultimately improving overall quality of life.

Today, scientific advances highlighted by Claudia Filozof and Arya Sharma are reshaping obesity treatment. In this episode, their discussion on body composition explores why both the quantity and quality of muscle mass matter in managing obesity as a chronic disease.

Participants:

Host: Claudia Filozof, Vice President and Therapeutic Head Obesity, MASH, and Hepatology at Fortrea

Dr. Arya Sharma, MD, DSc (hon), FRAHS – Emeritus Professor, Thought Leader in Obesity