A new term is intended to limit negative connotations, but some experts consider it imprecise and difficult to interpret.
for distinguishing between clinical obesity and other preclinical phases. The criteria are intended to limit the negative connotations and misunderstandings associated with the word obesity and to clearly convey the idea that it is a disease and not just a condition that increases the risk for other pathologies.
Various experts from Latin America who participated in the XV Congress of the Latin American Obesity Societies and II Paraguayan Obesity Congress expressed to Mtheir reservations about the proposed name change and its practical effects. They highlighted the pros and cons of various terminologies that had been considered in recent years.
"Any obesity denomination is useful as long as the impact of comorbidities is taken into account, as well as the fact that it is not an aesthetic problem and treatment will be escalated aiming to benefit not only weight loss but also comorbidities," said Paul Camperos Sánchez, MD, internal medicine and endocrinology specialist and head of research at La Trinidad Teaching Medical Center in Caracas, Venezuela, and former president of the Venezuelan Association for the Study of...
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