The role of orlistat in management of obesity

  • Samuel Oetoro Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25220/WNJ.V06.S1.0018
Keywords: obesity, lifestyle modification, pancreatic lipase, orlistat

Abstract

Rapidly rising prevalence of obesity is alarming. Obesity predisposes to co-morbidities like hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemias, thus substantially rising healthcare expenditure.

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Author Biography

Samuel Oetoro, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital
Department of Nutrition

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Submitted

2022-10-18
Published
2022-10-31
Issue
Vol. 6 No. S1 (2022): Selected conference proceedings of the Nutri Virtual Symposium 2022
Section
Articles

Copyright (c) 2022 Samuel Oetoro

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