Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Obesity gets a new diagnosis: It's a disease

The American Medical Association voted to recognize the condition impacting one in three Americans as a disease.

One in three American adults has a new disease diagnosis, whether they know it or not, because the American Medical Association has voted to formally classify obesity as a disease.

To read this article in it's entirety, please visit  http://news.msn.com/science-technology/obesity-gets-a-new-diagnosis-its-a-disease

Related: What's driving America's obesity epidemic?

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Trisha M. Pacenti RN,BSN
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