Definition:
Obesity disease staging frameworks classify patients based on signs and indicators, to determine an individual’s health risk and optimise obesity treatment and management.
Scope:
Staging frameworks are used in many diseases to help to determine disease severity and support clinical decisionmaking with regards to treatment and management.
Context:
Available obesity disease staging frameworks reflect disease frameworks used for other NCD’s.
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