Obesity is characterized by the accumulation of excess body fat and can be conceptualized
as the physical manifestation of chronic energy excess. An important challenge of today's …

The prevalence of obesity has increased worldwide in the past~ 50 years, reaching
pandemic levels. Obesity represents a major health challenge because it substantially …

The increase in obesity prevalence is problematic as this condition is associated with health
complications such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, more particularly when the …

We are grateful for the opportunity to respond to Drs Heshka's and Allison's paper. In
contrast, we consider obesity to be a disease that results from the processes of undesirable …

Abstract In 2013, the American Medical Association recognized obesity as a disease, of
growing scientific, social, and political interest. In 2016 in the United States, prevalence rates …

Obesity may be more complex than most other societal problems we have faced so far.
Viewed from an energy balance viewpoint, obesity can be thought of as a failure of our …

The current global epidemic of obesity is fuelled by a constant, unidirectional adverse effect
on energy balance that exceeds the adaptive capacity of the system. The individual …

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 …

Obesity is an extremely challenging medical condition because it is a multifactorial disease
that lies at the interface between the biology of body energy regulation and an environment …

The epidemic rise in obesity has fuelled the current debate over its classification as a
disease. Contrary to just being a medical condition or risk factor for other diseases, obesity is …