Obesity is a disease: global health policy must catch up

Affiliations

• ¹ Desmond Tutu HIV Center, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa.
• ² Nutrition and Health Research Center, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico; World Obesity Federation, London EC1N 2SW, UK.
• ³ World Obesity Federation, London EC1N 2SW, UK; Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Weight Management Services, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
• ⁴ World Obesity Federation, London EC1N 2SW, UK; Monash University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Global 50/50, Cambridge, UK.
• ⁵ World Obesity Federation, London EC1N 2SW, UK; School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine & Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
• ⁶ World Obesity Federation, London EC1N 2SW, UK; Obesity Group, Department of Endocrinology, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
• ⁷ World Obesity Federation, London EC1N 2SW, UK. Electronic address: ajacksonmorris@worldobesity.org.
• ⁸ Department of Internal Medicine and Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
• ⁹ World Obesity Federation, London EC1N 2SW, UK; Obesity Action Coalition, Tampa, Florida, USA.
• ¹⁰ World Obesity Federation, London EC1N 2SW, UK.