Achieving consensus on the language of obesity: a modified Delphi studyResearch in context

Achieving consensus on the language of obesity: a modified Delphi studyResearch in context

Summary: Background: Obesity is recognized by the World Health Organization as a chronic disease. As such, it should be referred to using the language of chronic diseases, with correct and established terminology and definitions. This study was designed to map the current language used to discuss o...

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Main Authors: Cecilie Heerdegen Jepsen, Jacqueline Bowman-Busato, Thomas Allvin, Niamh Arthurs, Gijs H. Goossens, Elisabeth Govers, Benjamin Assad Jaghutriz, Vicki Mooney, Bart Van der Schueren, Carel W. le Roux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Subjects:
Obesity
Overweight
Language
Chronic disease
Noncommunicable disease
Pre-obesity taxonomy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537023002389

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