Obesity as a Disease, Not a Behavior

Circulation. 2018 Apr 10;137(15):1543-1545. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.032780.

Authors

Penny Gordon-Larsen¹, Steven B Heymsfield²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health and School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (P.G.-L.). pglarsen@unc.edu.
² Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (S.B.H.).

PMID: 29632150
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.032780

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular diseases; diabetes mellitus; life style; metabolism; obesity.

MeSH terms

Body Mass Index*
Feeding Behavior*
Humans
Nutritional Status
Obesity / classification*
Obesity / physiopathology
Obesity / psychology
Obesity / therapy
Prejudice
Public Opinion
Stereotyping