The ABCD of Obesity: An EASO Position Statement on a Diagnostic Term with Clinical and Scientific Implications
| Autor: | Gema Frühbeck, Luca Busetto, Dror Dicker, Volkan Yumuk, Gijs H. Goossens, Johannes Hebebrand, Jason G.C. Halford, Nathalie J. Farpour-Lambert, Ellen E. Blaak, Euan Woodward, Hermann Toplak |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Obesity Facts, Vol 12, Iss 2, Pp 131-136 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1662-4025 1662-4033 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000497124 |
| Popis: | 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. |
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