2013 AHA/ACC/TOS Guideline for the Management of Overweightand Obesity in Adults
Endorsed by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, AmericanPharmacists Association, Amer ican Society for Nutrition, American Society for Preventive Cardiology,American Society of Hypertension, Association of Black Cardiologists, National Lipid Association,Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, The Endocrine Society, and WomenHeart: The NationalCoalition for Women with Heart Disease。
This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees, the American Heart Association Science
Advisory and Coordinating Committee, and The Obesity Society Board of Trustees in November 2013.
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