American association of clinical endocrinologists and american college of endocrinology position statement on the 2014 advanced framework for a new diagnosis of obesity as a chronic disease.

W. Timothy Garvey, MD, FACE, Chair1; Alan J. Garber, MD, PhD, FACE2; Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD, FACN, FACP, FACE, ECNU3; George A. Bray, MD, MACE4; Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, DM, FRCP, FACE5; Daniel Einhorn, MD, FACP, FACE6; George Grunberger, MD, FACP, FACE7; Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FACE, FNLA8; Charles H. Hennekens, MD, DrPH9; Daniel L. Hurley, MD, FACE10; Janet McGill, MD, FACE11; Pasquale Palumbo, MD, MACP, MACE12; and Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, FACP, FACE13; on behalf of the AACE Obesity Scientific Committee

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