title: Criteria for EASO-collaborating centres for obesity management.
abstract: Obesity is recognised as a global epidemic and the most prevalent metabolic disease world-wide. Specialised obesity services, however, are not widely available in Europe, and obesity care can vary enormously across European regions. The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO, www.easo.org) has developed these criteria to form a pan-European network of accredited EASO-Collaborating Centres for Obesity Management (EASO-COMs) in accordance with accepted European and academic guidelines. This network will include university, public and private clinics and will ensure that the obese and overweight patient is managed by a holistic team of specialists and receives comprehensive state-ofthe-art clinical care. Furthermore, the participating centres, under the umbrella of EASO, will work closely for quality control, data collection, and analysis as well as for education and research for the advancement of obesity care and obesity science.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, HYGEIA Hospital, Athens, Greece. ctsigos@gmail.com
authors.forename: Constantine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tsigos
authors.forename: Vojtech
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hainer
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basdevant
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Finer
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mathus-Vliegen
authors.forename: Dragan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Micic
authors.forename: Maximo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maislos
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roman
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Schutz
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toplak
authors.forename: Volkan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yumuk
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zahorska-Markiewicz
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D019468:Disease Management; D005060:Europe; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006268:Health Facilities; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D011786:Quality Control; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013223:Statistics as Topic