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Proposal for a Scientifically Correct and Medically Actionable Disease Classification System (ICD) for Obesity.

W Timothy GarveyJeffrey I Mechanick
Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2020)
The scientifically correct and medically actionable approach to diagnosis and disease coding will lead to greater acknowledgement of ABCD as a disease and accessibility to evidence-based therapies on behalf of patients across the life cycle.
Keyphrases
  • end stage renal disease
  • life cycle
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • insulin resistance
  • type diabetes
  • weight loss
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • prognostic factors
  • adipose tissue
  • physical activity
  • body mass index