Obesity in the News

A couple of things this week caught my attention this, but I haven’t had a chance to follow up or watch yet, so I store them here to come back to. This is a documentary called “All of Me” which “shines light on our attitudes and prejudices about obesity — its causes, challenges, and the […]

Obesity as a Disease

Back in June, the American Medical Association delegates voted against the conclusions by their internal Council on Science and Public Health. The council concluded obesity should NOT be defined as a disease because the Body Mass Index (MBI) used to measure obesity  has issues “simplistic and flawed”. Arguments for classifying obesity as a disease included […]