TY - JOUR
T1 - Criteria for EASO-collaborating centres for obesity management for the obesity management task force of the european association for the study of obesity
AU - Tsigos, Constantine
AU - Hainer, Vojtech
AU - Basdevant, Arnaud
AU - Finer, Nick
AU - Mathus-Vliegen, Elisabeth
AU - Micic, Dragan
AU - Maislos, Maximo
AU - Roman, Gabriela
AU - Schutz, Yves
AU - Toplak, Hermann
AU - Yumuk, Volkan
AU - Zahorska-Markiewicz, Barbara
PY - 2011/8/1
Y1 - 2011/8/1
N2 - Obesity is recognised as a global epidemic and the most prevalent metabolic disease world-wide. Specialised obesity services, however, are not widely available in Europe, and obesity care can vary enormously across European regions. The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO, www.easo.org) has developed these criteria to form a pan-European network of accredited EASO-Collaborating Centres for Obesity Management (EASO-COMs) in accordance with accepted European and academic guidelines. This network will include university, public and private clinics and will ensure that the obese and overweight patient is managed by a holistic team of specialists and receives comprehensive state-ofthe-art clinical care. Furthermore, the participating centres, under the umbrella of EASO, will work closely for quality control, data collection, and analysis as well as for education and research for the advancement of obesity care and obesity science.
AB - Obesity is recognised as a global epidemic and the most prevalent metabolic disease world-wide. Specialised obesity services, however, are not widely available in Europe, and obesity care can vary enormously across European regions. The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO, www.easo.org) has developed these criteria to form a pan-European network of accredited EASO-Collaborating Centres for Obesity Management (EASO-COMs) in accordance with accepted European and academic guidelines. This network will include university, public and private clinics and will ensure that the obese and overweight patient is managed by a holistic team of specialists and receives comprehensive state-ofthe-art clinical care. Furthermore, the participating centres, under the umbrella of EASO, will work closely for quality control, data collection, and analysis as well as for education and research for the advancement of obesity care and obesity science.
KW - EASO
KW - European Association for the Study of Obesity
KW - European criteria
KW - OMTF
KW - Obesity Management Task Force
KW - Obesity management centres
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80053046383&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1159/000331236
DO - 10.1159/000331236
M3 - Article
C2 - 21921658
AN - SCOPUS:80053046383
SN - 1662-4025
VL - 4
SP - 329
EP - 333
JO - Obesity Facts
JF - Obesity Facts
IS - 4
ER -