The Department of Endocrinology, 
The octagon of opportunities in obesity.
- Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India
- University Center for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali.
- Department of Community/Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda.
- Department of Endocrinology, Arora Endocrine Clinic, Ludhiana.
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
- Non communicable disease unit, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 74 · Issue 10 · pp. 1886-1887
PMID 39407390 DOI 10.47391/jpma.24-83
Cite This Article
Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, Saurabh Arora, Nitin Kapoor. The octagon of opportunities in obesity. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2024;74(10):1886-1887. doi:10.47391/jpma.24-83
Abstract
The Ominous Octet is a popular construct, which has been used to describe the aetiopathology of diabetes, as well as the endocrine causation of obesity. We utilize this model to create a smart and salutogenic rubric of obesity pathogenesis. Our optimistic Octagon of Opportunities lists eight causative or contributory factors, all of which are associated with the development of obesity. The model gives equal weightage to the biomedical and psychosocial arms of the biopsychosocial model of health. The framework encourages a proactive and comprehensive approach to the prevention and management of obesity.
Keywords
- Humans
- Obesity
- Models
- Biopsychosocial
- Risk Factors
