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Should Obesity Be a ‘Disease’?

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Re: Should Obesity Be a ‘Disease’?

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I think some people do have a medical condition. But "obesity" is just a symptom of that condition... not the actual condition. Other people are just fat because they eat too much and/or exercise too little. I think it is dangerous to just call all obesity a disease.