It says: “In some people it might represent an earlier stage of clinical obesity, whereas in other people it can be a phenotype with lower tendency to directly affect organ function.” Even with all ...
The new definitions aim to resolve any conflict ... The authors determined that "clinical obesity" existed when organ function was reduced by weight gain and "pre-clinical obesity" when patients ...
The international Commission on Clinical Obesity which proposed the new definitions called it a ... ongoing signs or symptoms of reduced organ function, such as sleep apnea or heart failure ...