The ABCD of Obesity: An EASO Position Statement on a Diagnostic Term with Clinical and Scientific Implications

Fruhbeck G., Busetto L., Dicker D., Yumuk V., Goossens G. H., Hebebrand J., ...Daha Fazla

OBESITY FACTS, cilt.12, sa.2, ss.131-136, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1159/000497124
  • Dergi Adı: OBESITY FACTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.131-136
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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. (c) 2019 The Author(s) Published by S. Karger AG, Basel