Dare to Be 100: Obesity Is Not a Disease
Walter M. Bortz II, M.D.
"Thirty years ago I was a member of the House of Delegates of the AMA. I am certain, in retrospect, that we passed some resolutions that were wrong. But nothing like the one that they passed in June. All newspapers headlined, "AMA declares obesity a disease." Translated, that means about 100 million Americans are officially diseased.
Just plain awful! -- was my reaction. Are nail biting, compulsive gambling, and homosexuality next on their list of "pathologies"?
The stampede has already begun. Wagons full of gleeful surgeons and appetite drug hucksters are heading towards the bonanza that this resolution has created."
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