International Obesity Task Force
Key Facts
Abbreviation
IOTF
Pronunciation
/ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl əˈbisəti tæsk fɔrs/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified
Examples in Context
- Professor Philip James, chairman of the International Obesity Task Force(IOTF), believes the obesity epidemic is now too serious to be treated as a " lifestyle choice " issue.
- Obesity has become a public health problem around the world, the International Obesity Task Force(IOTF) ( TOTF ) pointed out that obesity will become a threat to human health and life satisfaction of the biggest killers of the new century.
- A child was defined as being obese or overweight according to a standard definition for child overweight and obesity based on an international survey of six large nationally representative cross sectional growth studies ( BMI cutoff values of International Obesity Task Force(IOTF) ).