Obesity is possibly the most important non communicable disease of the 21st century. It has emerged from one of the “nutritional disorders” and has been suggested
by the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) to be considered as a
distinct entity in the International Classification of Diseases [
[1]
] with major clinical and scientific consequences [
- Hebebrand J
- Holm JC
- Woodward E
- Baker JL
- Blaak E
- Durrer Schutz D
- Farpour-Lambert NJ
- Frühbeck G
- Halford JGC
- Lissner L
- Micic D
- Mullerova D
- Roman G
- Schindler K
- Toplak H
- Visscher TLS
- Yumuk V
A proposal of the european association for the study of obesity to improve the ICD-11
diagnostic criteria for obesity based on the three dimensions etiology, degree of
adiposity and health risk.
Obes Facts. 2017; 10: 284-307
[2]
]. In the current issue three important topics – sweet taste, sleep disturbances and
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Publication history
Published online: July 07, 2021
Accepted:
June 11,
2021
Received:
June 8,
2021
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