Redefining obesity toward classifying as a disease

Eur J Intern Med. 2018 Sep:55:20-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2018.05.025. Epub 2018 May 26.

Authors

Abdelaziz Ghanemi¹, Jonny St-Amand²

Affiliations

¹ CREMI, CHU de Québec Research Center, Quebec, Canada; Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada.
² CREMI, CHU de Québec Research Center, Quebec, Canada; Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address: jonny.st-amand@crchul.ulaval.ca.

PMID: 29807850
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2018.05.025

No abstract available

Keywords: Disease; Obesity.

MeSH terms

Body Mass Index
Humans
Obesity / classification*
Obesity / diagnosis*