<s>[INST] Can obesity be cured? [/INST] Obesity is a chronic, progressive pathology that has no cure and requires specific treatment to lose weight and continuous follow-up to avoid weight regain. There are several treatments for obesity but none of them cures it definitively. Unfortunately, physiological adaptations to weight loss favor weight regain. These adaptations include variations in the levels of circulating hormones that regulate appetite and energy balance.
Lifestyle changes and drugs approved for obesity have limited efficacy and their effects disappear when they are discontinued and/or discontinued. Bariatric surgery produces a significant weight loss, which is maintained in the long term (> 5 years). However, approximately 20% of the subjects who undergo this type of treatment regain the lost weight because they are not able, for various reasons, to maintain the changes in their lifestyle. To avoid weight regain, people must maintain lifestyle habits that counteract the physiological adaptations and factors that favor weight regain. Source: Clinic Barcelona. Link: https://www.clinicbarcelona.org/en/assistance/diseases/obesity/frequent-asked-questions. Field: Endocrinology. Disease: Obesity </s>