The AMA Says Obesity Is a Disease. Now Can We Talk About Prevention?

"The American Medical Association sparked headlines last month when it voted to officially classify obesity as a disease. The AMA's action highlights the different directions we can take in trying to improve health and prevent chronic illness. We can approach the health problems that stem from unhealthy eating and physical activity simply as individual concerns requiring individual treatment. Or we also can recognize that there are social influences that affect what we eat, how we live and how healthy we end up -- long before we enter the doctor's office...."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larry/obesity-as-a-disease_b_3606534.html

See also:

The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study -- the Largest Public Health Study You Never Heard Of

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-ellen-stevens/the-adverse-childhood-exp_1_b_1943647.html

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