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Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - Screwston - 06-21-2013
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Obesity isn't just a major public health problem -- it's a disease, the American Medical Association has ruled.
The influential physicians' group voted to officially recognize obesity as a disease at its annual meeting Tuesday.
“Recognizing obesity as a disease will help change the way the medical community tackles this complex issue that affects approximately one in three Americans,” AMA board member Patrice Harris, M.D., said in a statement. “The AMA is committed to improving health outcomes and is working to reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, which are often linked to obesity.”
The group acknowledges that obesity "[requires] a range of medical interventions to advance ... treatment and prevention," the statement also said.
The decision is expected to change how insurance companies cover obesity, opening up a wider range of treatment options for obese patients who may also have related health conditions such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancers and disabilities.
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Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - Goldin Boy - 06-21-2013
Sure as hell isn't a communicable disease.
This isn't a step in the right direction. Labeling it a disease absolves the fatties of any agency by giving them a scapegoat: "It's not my fault! I must've developed this obesity at the buffet line at Sizzler's" Smh
Gotta buy stock in some bariatric hospital-supply companies. Those shares are gonna skyrocket in the next few decades.
Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - Samseau - 06-21-2013
This is just a PC way of saying fat is bad. Whatever. As long as it becomes government policy to reduce fatness, I don't care what they call it.
Disease - of the mind perhaps? Take care of yourself, you lazy fucks!
Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - Soma - 06-21-2013
Quote: (06-21-2013 07:54 PM)Samseau Wrote:
This is just a PC way of saying fat is bad. Whatever. As long as it becomes government policy to reduce fatness, I don't care what they call it.
You (non-obese Americans) should care. Classifying it as a disease means treatment can be covered by insurance, and hence more money for the medical-industrial complex. Anyone with health insurance, whether obese or not, will be subsidizing this treatment via increased rates. In other words, this will result in a wealth-transfer from healthy-weighted people to the obese and their physicians. The AMA didn't do this out of the kindness of their hearts; like everything else, follow the money.
Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - Gmac - 06-21-2013
Heart disease is a classified as a disease too, and it's still preventable. Nothing to see here, move on. Let them die off like dinosaurs.
Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - Vronsky - 06-21-2013
Quote: (06-21-2013 08:19 PM)Soma Wrote:
Quote: (06-21-2013 07:54 PM)Samseau Wrote:
This is just a PC way of saying fat is bad. Whatever. As long as it becomes government policy to reduce fatness, I don't care what they call it.
You (non-obese Americans) should care. Classifying it as a disease means treatment can be covered by insurance, and hence more money for the medical-industrial complex. Anyone with health insurance, whether obese or not, will be subsidizing this treatment via increased rates. In other words, this will result in a wealth-transfer from healthy-weighted people to the obese and their physicians. The AMA didn't do this out of the kindness of their hearts; like everything else, follow the money.
+1. This is nothing more than an opportunity to create a market for Big Pharma and related industries. Pure BS.
Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - ElBorrachoInfamoso - 06-22-2013
it's an eating disorder
Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - Gold Doubloon - 06-22-2013
Quote: (06-21-2013 08:19 PM)Soma Wrote:
Quote: (06-21-2013 07:54 PM)Samseau Wrote:
This is just a PC way of saying fat is bad. Whatever. As long as it becomes government policy to reduce fatness, I don't care what they call it.
You (non-obese Americans) should care. Classifying it as a disease means treatment can be covered by insurance, and hence more money for the medical-industrial complex. Anyone with health insurance, whether obese or not, will be subsidizing this treatment via increased rates. In other words, this will result in a wealth-transfer from healthy-weighted people to the obese and their physicians. The AMA didn't do this out of the kindness of their hearts; like everything else, follow the money.
Quote: (06-21-2013 08:48 PM)Vronsky Wrote:
Quote: (06-21-2013 08:19 PM)Soma Wrote:
Quote: (06-21-2013 07:54 PM)Samseau Wrote:
This is just a PC way of saying fat is bad. Whatever. As long as it becomes government policy to reduce fatness, I don't care what they call it.
You (non-obese Americans) should care. Classifying it as a disease means treatment can be covered by insurance, and hence more money for the medical-industrial complex. Anyone with health insurance, whether obese or not, will be subsidizing this treatment via increased rates. In other words, this will result in a wealth-transfer from healthy-weighted people to the obese and their physicians. The AMA didn't do this out of the kindness of their hearts; like everything else, follow the money.
+1. This is nothing more than an opportunity to create a market for Big Pharma and related industries. Pure BS.
I am going to quote this again because it is so important. This level of corruption is fucking ridiculous.
Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - germanico - 06-22-2013
"Im not, nom nom, fat, nom, its a, nom nom, medical condition, nom."
Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - LooTa - 06-22-2013
All the more reason to stay away from fatties - you don't want to catch fat off them.
Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - soup - 06-22-2013
Fat is the enemy of the world
Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - Kickb - 06-22-2013
Think of how much money these fatties would save/spend on shit of they didn't spend it on food.
I spend about $20 a day on food and that's two meals. I stay the same weight no matter what and my metabolism isn't even that great. These are large meals.
How much does a fat person spend each day on food?
Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - Norset - 06-23-2013
Quote: (06-22-2013 11:53 PM)kickboxer Wrote:
Think of how much money these fatties would save/spend on shit of they didn't spend it on food.
I spend about $20 a day on food and that's two meals. I stay the same weight no matter what and my metabolism isn't even that great. These are large meals.
How much does a fat person spend each day on food?
How much soda can you get for $20? Or even one step up, how many fast food calories?
You probably eat healthy even if portions are big, right?
The healthier I eat the more $ I spend.
And yes, other people correctly identified this as a scam to allow the medical/pharma complex to become even richer, with yet another straw down in our wallets.
Edit: Here is the proof of that last statement, quoted from article. "[requires] a range of medical interventions to advance ... treatment and prevention". BS detector going to 11.
Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - germanico - 06-23-2013
Quote: (06-22-2013 10:33 PM)LooTa Wrote:
All the more reason to stay away from fatties - you don't want to catch fat off them.
Thats not a joke, fat is contagious. Stay away from fat people unless you want to be fat yourself.
Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - Brosemite - 06-23-2013
Quote: (06-21-2013 08:46 PM)Gmac Wrote:
Heart disease is a classified as a disease too, and it's still preventable. Nothing to see here, move on. Let them die off like dinosaurs.
Die off like dinosaurs figuratively...and literally...
Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules - TheBulldozer - 06-23-2013
Obesity is a fucking choice.
I've learned that one of the most fruitless arguments I've made to friends or family is about weight.