title: Obesity as a disease: a white paper on evidence and arguments commissioned by the Council of the Obesity Society.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics and Clinical Nutrition Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Dallison@UAB.edu
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Allison
authors.forename: Morgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Downey
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Billington
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bray
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Eckel
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tremblay
mesh_terms: D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D004194:Disease; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity; D009626:Terminology as Topic