Comments on: Redefining obesity as a disease

By: No Name Guy

No Name Guy — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 20:43:18 +0000

Seems like a simple case of self interest on the part of the AMA. Just think of what will now have to be covered as “treatment” for this “disease”: Lap bands & stomach stapling come to mind right off the bat. All kinds of weight loss drugs. Yes, these are “obvious” “medical” treatments for obesity. But lets think off into the future with the inevitable expansion: How about liposuction? After all, if I’m “obese” and a quick suck-fest of an operation can make my BMI go from 48 to 28, isn’t that “treatment”? How about the related tummy tucks and cosmetic, er, I mean ancillary treatments to get rid of the flaps of skin? Yep….”how DARE you not fully treat my disease” I can hear being thundered in but a few short years.

Follow the money. The AMA is doing nothing but looking to tap yet another stream of income treating what mostly is a lifestyle choice as a disease. This will be yet another burden on the responsible (e.g. those that live a healthy lifestyle – like by exercising and not shoveling face fulls of bon bon’s or greasy fast food down the pie hole by the plate full.) It’ll be yet another reason to go Galt on this messed up nation.

By: DEM

DEM — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 13:37:04 +0000

“Already, Harold Goldstein, executive director of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, has cited the AMA declaration to boost his group’s efforts to ban junk food and tax soft drinks.”

As if we needed more evidence that the left’s promise of free health care for all comes at the price of crushing taxation and a near-complete loss of personal freedom and autonomy.

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 12:18:19 +0000

Liz’s comment reminds me of Dr. Duesberg’s claim that HIV/AIDS resulted from drug abuse. That err was picked up by President Mbeki of South Africa and led to great trouble there.

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 15:07:31 +0000

Obesity is not a disease, it is a symptom. For most it is a symptom of a bad lifestyle. For some it is a symptom of a disease. In those cases, Cushings disease or PCOS is the disability and already covered under disability law.