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... While the public misconception of obesity as a character flaw persists, Torquati says that health care providers have made progress in defining—and thus treating—obesity as a chronic disease. The importance of this label, he says, is not in how obesity is defined, but how it is measured.
"Successfully treating obesity shouldn't just be measured in lost pounds, but in not escalating to other diseases. Obesity is a base condition that then leads to or worsens so many others diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, sleep apnea, arthritis, and even cancer," he says ....
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-04-obesity-character-flaw-expert.html
... While the public misconception of obesity as a character flaw persists, Torquati says that health care providers have made progress in defining—and thus treating—obesity as a chronic disease. The importance of this label, he says, is not in how obesity is defined, but how it is measured.
"Successfully treating obesity shouldn't just be measured in lost pounds, but in not escalating to other diseases. Obesity is a base condition that then leads to or worsens so many others diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, sleep apnea, arthritis, and even cancer," he says ....
Read more at: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-04-obesity-character-flaw-expert.html#jCp
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-04-obesity-character-flaw-expert.html
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