Should obesity be recognised as a disease?

Should obesity be recognised as a disease?

Categorising obesity as a disease will encourage people to seek treatment say John P H Wilding and Vicki Mooney,but Richard Pile thinks medicalisation would be disempowering and reduce motivation

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ (Online) 2019-07, Vol.366, p.l4258-l4258
Hauptverfasser: Wilding, John P H, Mooney, Vicki, Pile, Richard
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Body fat
Body mass index
Chronic illnesses
Diabetes
Dictionaries
Diet
Endocrinology
Epidemics
Family physicians
Genetics
Health care
Metabolism
Motivation
Obesity
Patients
Society
Weight control
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Zusammenfassung:Categorising obesity as a disease will encourage people to seek treatment say John P H Wilding and Vicki Mooney,but Richard Pile thinks medicalisation would be disempowering and reduce motivation
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.l4258