Should obesity be recognised as a disease?

BMJ. 2019 Jul 17:366:l4258. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l4258.

Authors

John P H Wilding¹, Vicki Mooney², Richard Pile³

Affiliations

¹ Obesity and Endocrinology Research, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
² European Coalition for People living with Obesity, European Association for the Study of Obesity, Teddington, UK.
³ St Albans, UK.

PMID: 31315832
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l4258

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care / standards*
Delivery of Health Care / trends
England / epidemiology
Fatty Liver / epidemiology
Fatty Liver / etiology
Humans
Metabolic Syndrome / epidemiology
Metabolic Syndrome / etiology
Obesity / complications*
Obesity / epidemiology
Obesity / etiology*
Obesity / genetics
Prevalence
Risk Factors
World Health Organization / organization & administration