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Frühbeck, G; Busetto, L; Dicker, D; Yumuk, V; Goossens, GH; Hebebrand, J; Halford, JGC; Farpour-Lambert, NJ; Blaak, EE; Woodward, E; Toplak, H.
The ABCD of Obesity: An EASO Position Statement on a Diagnostic Term with Clinical and Scientific Implications.
Obes Facts. 2019; 12(2):131-136 Doi: 10.1159/000497124 [OPEN ACCESS]
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Co-authors Med Uni Graz: Toplak Hermann
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Abstract:: Obesity is a frequent, serious, complex, relapsing, and chronic disease process that represents a major public health problem. The coining of obesity as an adiposity-based chronic disease (ABCD) is of particular relevance being in line with EASO's proposal to improve the International Classification of Diseases ICD-11 diagnostic criteria for obesity based on three dimensions, namely etiology, degree of adiposity, and health risks. The body mass index as a unique measurement of obesity does not reflect the whole complexity of the disease. Obesity complications are mainly determined by 2 pathological processes, i.e., physical forces (fat mass disease) as well as endocrine and immune responses (sick fat disease), which are embedded in a cultural and physical context leading to a specific ABCD stage. © 2019 The Author(s) Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.
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