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Should obesity be recognised as a disease?

Wilding, John P H, Mooney, Vicki, Pile, Richard·2019·BMJ
DOI 10.1136/bmj.l4258
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Abstract

Categorising obesity as a disease will encourage people to seek treatment say John P H Wilding and Vicki Mooney,but Richard Pile thinks medicalisation would be disempowering and reduce motivation

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  • There is general acceptance that the recent rapid increase in obesity at the population level is due to changes in the environment, exposing a genetic susceptibility.

    “There is general acceptance that the recent rapid increase in obesity at the population level is due to changes in the environment, exposing a genetic susceptibility.121”

    From The societal implications of using glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists for the treatment of obesity (2025) · cites this paper as [121]

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Authors
Wilding, J. P. H., Mooney, V., & Pile, R.
Affiliations
  • University of Liverpool (GB)
  • European Association for the Study of Obesity (GB)
ORCID
Venue
BMJ
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2019-07-17
Volume
366
Pages
l4258
ISSN
  • 1756-1833 (ISSN-L)
  • 0959-8138
DOI
10.1136/bmj.l4258
OpenAlex
W2960696100
Cited by
34
References
3
Citations by year
2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 1
FWCI
11.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.bmj.com/company/legal-information/terms-conditions/legal-information/tdm-licencepolicy (tdm)
Locations
  • BMJ (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity and Health Practices
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Medicine, History, and Philosophy
Keywords
obesity, medicalization, disease classification, obesity treatment, patient motivation, disempowerment
MeSH terms
Delivery of Health Care, England, Fatty Liver, Humans, Obesity, Risk Factors, World Health Organization, Prevalence, Metabolic Syndrome

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