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Until 2011, obesity had long been viewed as the result of poor lifestyle choices. However, sufficient evidence in hormonal and regulatory disorders and genetic components were accumulated, pushing the condition into the "disease state" status. Obesity is a strong component of Type 2 diabetes – an endocrine disorder.
The AMA officially recognized obesity as a disease in 2013 in an attempt to change how the medical community approaches the issue. [69] In 2015, the AMA declared there is no medically valid reason to exclude transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military. The Human Rights Campaign lauded the decision. [70]
According to the American Medical Association, obesity is now officially a disease. A highly preventable disease, but a disease nonetheless. I think that's probably the right call. For many people ...
You may have noticed a subtle shift in the way society discusses body weight. CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical and cultural threads in Chasing Life’s new season.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association both call obesity a disease, but some doctors argue that label is wrong—or at least overly simplistic.
Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m 2, and in June 2013 the American Medical Association classified it as a disease. [5] In countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), one child out of five is overweight or obese. [6]
In June, the American Medical Association declared that obesity is officially a disease.I've written in the past about weight discrimination and whether it's covered under the Americans With ...
With the American Medical Association's 2013 classification of obesity as a chronic disease, [23] it is thought that health insurance companies will more likely pay for obesity treatment, counseling and surgery, and the cost of research and development of adipose treatment pills or gene therapy treatments should be more affordable if insurers ...