Bridging the gap in obesity research: A consensus statement from the European Society for Clinical Investigation.

Journal: European journal of clinical investigation
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Most forms of obesity are associated with chronic diseases that remain a global public health challenge.

Authors

  • Federico Carbone
    IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino Genoa - Italian Cardiovascular Network, Genoa, Italy.
  • Jean-Pierre Després
    Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.
  • John P A Ioannidis
    Stanford Prevention Research Center, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
  • Ian J Neeland
    Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  • Gabriella Garruti
    Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.
  • Luca Busetto
    Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
  • Luca Liberale
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 6 viale Benedetto XV, 16132 Genoa, Italy; IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa - Italian Cardiovascular Network, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132, Genoa, Italy.
  • Stefano Ministrini
    Center for Molecular Cardiology, University of Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland.
  • Gemma Vilahur
    Research Institute, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Thomas H Schindler
    Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Maria Paula Macedo
    APDP - Diabetes Portugal, Education and Research Center, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Agostino Di Ciaula
    PhD Program in Public Health, Clinical Medicine and Oncology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy; Clinica Medica "A. Murri", Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro" Medical School, Bari, Italy.
  • Marcin Krawczyk
    Department of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
  • Andreas Geier
    Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Hepatology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
  • Gyorgy Baffy
    Department of Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Maria Felicia Faienza
    Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.
  • Ilaria Farella
    PhD Program in Public Health, Clinical Medicine and Oncology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy; Clinica Medica "A. Murri", Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro" Medical School, Bari, Italy.
  • Nicola Santoro
    Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
  • Gema Frühbeck
    Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Cancer Center Clínica Universidad de Navarra (CCUN), Pamplona, Spain.
  • Patricia Yárnoz-Esquiroz
    Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Cancer Center Clínica Universidad de Navarra (CCUN), Pamplona, Spain.
  • Javier Gómez-Ambrosi
    Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Cancer Center Clínica Universidad de Navarra (CCUN), Pamplona, Spain.
  • Emma Chávez-Manzanera
    Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Verónica Vázquez-Velázquez
    Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Jean-Michel Oppert
    Department of Nutrition, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (AP-HP), Human Nutrition Research Center Ile-de-France (CRNH IdF), Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
  • Dimitrios N Kiortsis
    Atherothrombosis Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
  • Paolo Sbraccia
    Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
  • Carmine Zoccali
    Institute of Biology and Molecular Genetics (BIOGEM), Ariano Irpino, Italy.
  • Piero Portincasa
    PhD Program in Public Health, Clinical Medicine and Oncology, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy. Electronic address: piero.portincasa@uniba.it.
  • Fabrizio Montecucco
    Department of Internal Medicine, First Clinic of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.