Obesity as a clinical and public health problem: is there a need for a new definition based on lipotoxicity effects?
Sørensen TI;Virtue S;Vidal-Puig A;;
biochimica et biophysica acta2010Vol. 1801pp. -
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ti2010biochimicaobesity
Abstract
The risk functions for obesity (defined as the quantitative relation between degree of obesity throughout its range and the risk of health problems) have been used to define 'obesity' as an excess storage of fat in the body to such an extent that it causes health problems leading to increased mortal …