title: American association of clinical endocrinologists and american college of endocrinology position statement on the 2014 advanced framework for a new diagnosis of obesity as a chronic disease.
authors.affiliation: UAB Diabetes Research Center, GRECC Investigator and staff physician at the Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL.
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authors.lastname: Garvey
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Alan J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Garber
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Jeffrey I
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authors.lastname: Mechanick
authors.affiliation: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA.
authors.forename: George A
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authors.lastname: Bray
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN.
authors.forename: Samuel
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authors.lastname: Dagogo-Jack
authors.affiliation: Diabetes and Endocrine Associates, Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, University of California San Diego, LaJolla, CA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Einhorn
authors.affiliation: Grunberger Diabetes Institute; Internal Medicine and Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
authors.forename: George
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authors.lastname: Grunberger
authors.affiliation: Metabolic Institute of America, Tarzana, CA.
authors.forename: Yehuda
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authors.lastname: Handelsman
authors.affiliation: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.
authors.forename: Charles H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Hennekens
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic Medical School, Rochester, MN.
authors.forename: Daniel L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hurley
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McGill
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ.
authors.forename: Pasquale
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authors.lastname: Palumbo
authors.affiliation: Emory University Department of Medicine/Endocrinology, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Guillermo
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