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Edmonton Obesity Staging System, or EOSS, represents a simple clinical staging framework that provides an indication of obesity-related disease extent and severity. In addition, it is a better predictor of mortality than current anthropometric measures of obesity such as BMI or WC. Thus, EOSS not only has the potential to enhance clinical decision-making but could also serve as a useful tool for researchers, payers, and policy makers to better define the impact of excess body fat on health and well-being.
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Sharma, A.M. (2014). Moving Beyond Scales and Tapes: The Edmonton Obesity Staging System. In: Haslam, D., Sharma, A., le Roux, C. (eds) Controversies in Obesity. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2834-2_17
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