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

Gema Fruhbeck; 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

doi:10.1159/000497124

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

Gema Fruhbeck^*, 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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Abstract

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

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	131-136
Number of pages	6
Journal	Obesity Facts
Volume	12
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000497124
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

Adiposity
Dysfunctional adipose tissue
Noncommunicable diseases
Comorbidities
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
PUBLIC-HEALTH
BODY-FAT
ENDOCRINOLOGISTS
MANAGEMENT
CHALLENGE
ADIPOSITY
COLLEGE
DISEASE
SHIFT

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