Obesity as a Disease: The Obesity Society 2018 Position Statement

Ania M Jastreboff¹, Catherine M Kotz^{2

3}, Scott Kahan^{4

5}, Aaron S Kelly⁶, Steven B Heymsfield⁷

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¹ Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology & Metabolism) and Department of Pediatrics (Pediatric Endocrinology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
² Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
³ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
⁴ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁵ George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
⁷ Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

PMID: 30569641
DOI: 10.1002/oby.22378

Obesity as a Disease: The Obesity Society 2018 Position Statement

Ania M Jastreboff et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 Jan.

. 2019 Jan;27(1):7-9.

doi: 10.1002/oby.22378.

Authors

Ania M Jastreboff¹, Catherine M Kotz^{2

3}, Scott Kahan^{4

5}, Aaron S Kelly⁶, Steven B Heymsfield⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology & Metabolism) and Department of Pediatrics (Pediatric Endocrinology), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
² Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
³ Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
⁴ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁵ George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
⁷ Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

PMID: 30569641
DOI: 10.1002/oby.22378

Abstract

The emerging obesity epidemic and accompanying health consequences led The Obesity Society (TOS) in 2008 to publish a position paper defining obesity as a disease. Since then, new information has emerged on the underlying mechanisms leading to excess adiposity and the associated structural, cardiometabolic, and functional disturbances. This report presents the updated TOS 2018 position statement on obesity as a noncommunicable chronic disease.

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