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[Concept and classification of obesity].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine

Hosoda K, Ida M, Hirata M, Nakao K.
PMID: 19202893
Nihon Rinsho. 2009 Feb;67(2):229-35.

Obesity is recognized as a disease when it is associated with current or future health problems. The association of obesity with hypertension, glucose intolerance, and lipid metabolism disorder is diagnosed as metabolic syndrome since it tends to cause arteriosclerotic...

Obesity as a disability: a weighty precedent?.

Clinical obesity

Khan M, Clift AK, O'Cinneide C, Wilding J.
PMID: 26173751
Clin Obes. 2015 Aug;5(4):163-4. doi: 10.1111/cob.12102.

No abstract available.

Proposal for a Scientifically Correct and Medically Actionable Disease Classification System (ICD) for Obesity.

Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)

Garvey WT, Mechanick JI.
PMID: 32090513
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Mar;28(3):484-492. doi: 10.1002/oby.22727.

OBJECTIVE: Obesity is responsible for a huge burden of suffering and social costs, and yet many patients lack access to evidence-based therapies. The diagnostic term "obesity" and inadequate International Classification of Diseases(ICD) codes contribute to suboptimal efforts to prevent...

Is obesity a disease?.

The Journal of family practice

Hickner J.
PMID: 28991934
J Fam Pract. 2017 Oct;66(10):596.

No abstract available.

Incidence of type 2 diabetes in individuals with central obesity in a rural Japanese population: The Tanno and Sobetsu study.

Diabetes care

Ohnishi H, Saitoh S, Takagi S, Katoh N, Chiba Y, Akasaka H, Nakamura Y, Shimamoto K.
PMID: 16644653
Diabetes Care. 2006 May;29(5):1128-9. doi: 10.2337/diacare.2951128.

No abstract available.

Is it time to lower the bar for bariatric surgery?.

Obesity surgery

Sharma AM.
PMID: 24595471
Obes Surg. 2014 Apr;24(4):520-1. doi: 10.1007/s11695-014-1215-0.

A new position statement from the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) recommends that surgery be also considered for patients with class 1 obesity (BMI 30-35 kg/m(2)) with significant comorbidity, who have failed nonsurgical...

Regarding Obesity as a Disease: Evolving Policies and Their Implications.

Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America

Kyle TK, Dhurandhar EJ, Allison DB.
PMID: 27519127
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2016 Sep;45(3):511-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2016.04.004.

In 2013, the American Medical Association recognized obesity as a complex, chronic disease requiring medical attention. Defining obesity as a disease is a very public process, largely driven by expectation of costs and benefits. Although the public has been...

European Commission classifies obesity as a chronic disease.

The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology

Burki T.
PMID: 34087168
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2021 Jul;9(7):418. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00145-5. Epub 2021 Jun 01.

No abstract available.

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