title: [Criteria of therapeutic effects on obesity].
abstract: Therapeutic effects of obesity disease (obesity as a disease) are determined by the weight reduction, decrease of visceral fat and improvement of comorbidities. Evaluation criterion of therapeutic effect is determined a decrease of more than 3% weight reduction, because improvement of comorbidities in obesity, especially visceral obesity, is observed in the weight loss of more than 3%. In obesity more than 30 in BMI or morbid obesity, it is necessary to weight reduction more than 5%.
authors: Lifestyle Related Diseases Center, Shinyamanote Hospital.
authors: Shigeru
authors: S
authors: Miyazaki
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D006801:Humans; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat; D008019:Life Style; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015431:Weight Loss