Sentence examples for classifications of obesity from inspiring English sources

In the present study, we systematically investigated the relationship between four narrative classifications of obesity ("sin", "addiction", "disorder" and "environment") and support for a variety of policy interventions designed to address the issue.

WHO classifications of obesity were used because of the range of classifications (i.e., six categories) versus alternative classification systems such as the one offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which only has four categories [ 22].

Obesity timing was determined using individual's age at the wave of initial obesity classification and categorized as follows: 1) never obese; 2) young adolescent obesity (initial classification of obesity before age 16 years); 3) adolescent obesity (between the ages of 16 and 18 years); and 4) adult obesity (obesity onset at or after the age of 18 years).

With the American Medical Association's 2013 classification of obesity as a chronic disease, it is thought that health insurance companies will more likely pay for obesity treatment, counseling and surgery, and the cost of research and development of fat treatment pills or gene therapy treatments should be more affordable if insurers help to subsidize their cost.

Classification of obesity for children was based in the international age and gender-specific criteria proposed by Cole and colleagues [23].

The relationship between waists and hip circumference forms another parameter for the classification of obesity [ 17].

This is lower than the standard classification of obesity as BMI > 30 in a Caucasian population.

The WHO classification of obesity based on body mass index (BMI) was used (15).

However, the standard classification of obesity uses BMI as a reflection of obesity and this classification is used globally by WHO and other related health organizations.

The classification of obesity was made using the 2000 Center for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts defined as normal weight 5th-85th percentiles and obesity ≥ 95th percentile [ 24].

Body mass index (BMI) of ≥ 30.0 kg/m and 25.0 29.9 kg/m are proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for classification of obesity and overweight, respectively [ 4].