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The ABCD of Obesity: An EASO Position Statement on a Diagnostic Term with Clinical and Scientific Implications
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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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- Authors
- Frühbeck, G., Busetto, L., Dicker, D., Yumuk, V., Goossens, G. H., Hebebrand, J., Halford, J. G. C., Farpour-Lambert, N. J., Blaak, E. E., Woodward, E., & Toplak, H.
- Affiliations
- Clinica Universidad de Navarra (ES)
- University of Padua (IT)
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa (TR)
- Maastricht University Medical Centre (NL)
- Essen University Hospital (DE)
- European Association for the Study of Obesity (GB)
- Medical University of Graz (AT)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Obesity Facts
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Published
- 2019
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 131-136
- ISSN
- 1662-4025 (ISSN-L)
- 1662-4033
- PMC
- PMC6547280
- OpenAlex
- W2921933461
- Cited by
- 311
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 61 · 2025: 59 · 2024: 42 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 48.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Obesity Facts (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Deposito Adademico Digital Universidad De Navarra (University of Navarra) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Padua Research Archive (University of Padova) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- 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
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Keywords
- obesity, ICD-11 diagnostic criteria, body mass index limitations, obesity etiology, health risks, obesity classification
- MeSH terms
- Chronic Disease, Diagnostic Techniques, Endocrine, Humans, Terminology as Topic, Obesity, Societies, Scientific, Body Mass Index, Biomedical Research, Adiposity
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