The octagon of opportunities in obesity Authors Sanjay Kalra Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India; University Center for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Madhur Verma Department of Community/Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, Saurabh Arora Department of Endocrinology, Arora Endocrine Clinic, Ludhiana, Nitin Kapoor Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India; Non communicable disease unit, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.24-83 Abstract The Ominous Octet is a popular construct, which has beenused to describe the aetiopathology of diabetes, as wellas the endocrine causation of obesity. We utilize thismodel to create a smart and salutogenic rubric of obesitypathogenesis. Our optimistic Octagon of Opportunitieslists eight causative or contributory factors, all of whichare associated with the development of obesity. Themodel gives equal weightage to the biomedical andpsychosocial arms of the biopsychosocial model ofhealth. The framework encourages a proactive andcomprehensive approach to the prevention andmanagement of obesity. Continued... Downloads Full Text Article Published 2024-09-21 How to Cite Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, Saurabh Arora, & Nitin Kapoor. (2024). The octagon of opportunities in obesity. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 74(10), 1886–1887. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.24-83 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 74 No. 10 (2024): OCTOBER Section BAROCRINOLOGY License Copyright (c) 2024 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.