Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Jun;16(6):1161-77. Epub 2008 May 8.

Obesity as a disease: a white paper on evidence and arguments commissioned by the Council of the Obesity Society.

Allison DB, Downey M, Atkinson RL, Billington CJ, Bray GA, Eckel RH, Finkelstein EA, Jensen MD, Tremblay A.

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