Obesity as a disease: a white paper on evidence and arguments commissioned by the Council of the Obesity Society
Obesity (Silver Spring)
.
2008 Jun;16(6):1161-77.
doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.231.
Epub 2008 May 8.
Authors
David B Allison
1
,
Morgan Downey
,
Richard L Atkinson
,
Charles J Billington
,
George A Bray
,
Robert H Eckel
,
Eric A Finkelstein
,
Michael D Jensen
,
Angelo Tremblay
Affiliation
1
Department of Biostatistics and Clinical Nutrition Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Dallison@UAB.edu
PMID:
18464753
DOI:
10.1038/oby.2008.231
No abstract available
Publication types
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
MeSH terms
Discrimination, Psychological
Disease*
Dissent and Disputes
Humans
Obesity*
Terminology as Topic*