Obesity: The Octopus in the Room Authors Sanjay Kalra Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India; University Center for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, India; Madhur Verma Department of Community/Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, India 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.24-63 Abstract The octopus, an eight-legged invertebrate, is known forits unique biology, as well as its intelligence. Famed forits mystique and mysteriousness, the octopus is anemblem of the wonders of nature. Octopuses can bitehumans, can secrete fatal neurotoxins (tetrodotoxin),and are a cannibalistic species. While they are a benthicspecies, living in deep seas,1 their imagery abounds inmultiple places. Continued... Downloads Full Text Article Published 2024-07-25 How to Cite Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, & Nitin Kapoor. (2024). Obesity: The Octopus in the Room. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 74(8), 1550–1551. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.24-63 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 74 No. 8 (2024): AUGUST 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.