Obesity Pathogenesis: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement

ReviewPeer-reviewed research publisher

Source type: Review
Access type: Publisher
Publisher: Endocrine Reviews / Endocrine Society
Date: 2017-06-26
Added: 2026-06-27

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Peer-reviewed research publisher

Publisher type: Peer-reviewed journal
Bias profile: Moderate

This source is strongest for clinical outcomes and mechanism and weaker for regulatory status and trial discovery.

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Regulatory status: 65/100; Context Source
Clinical outcomes: 92/100; Primary Anchor
Mechanism: 90/100; Primary Anchor
Safety: 86/100; Strong Support
Consumer context: 72/100; Context Source
Trial discovery: 65/100; Context Source

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Supporting evidencesignal12 references

Calories Are the Accounting System, Not the Whole Metabolic Story

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Supporting evidencestudy1 reference

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Endocrine Society obesity pathogenesis

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Claims supported

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supported88/100

weight loss: Sustained fat loss requires net energy deficit, but the

Sustained fat loss requires net energy deficit, but the appetite, expenditure, adaptation, and maintenance systems that shape that deficit are biologically regulated.

Strong human evidence2 sources

supported90/100

weight loss: Calories describe the accounting of tissue-energy change, but they

Calories describe the accounting of tissue-energy change, but they do not explain all biological friction around appetite, expenditure, adaptation, food environment, hormones, sleep, lean mass, and maintenance.

Expert context3 sources

partly supported84/100

low carb: Insulin and carbohydrate quality matter, but controlled feeding evidence

Insulin and carbohydrate quality matter, but controlled feeding evidence does not support a simple insulin-only explanation of obesity or fat loss.

Early human evidence2 sources

partly supported79/100

weight loss: Large weight loss can reduce resting energy expenditure beyond

Large weight loss can reduce resting energy expenditure beyond what body-size change alone predicts, illustrating that calories-out is adaptive rather than fixed.

Observational signal2 sources