What If Obesity Is the Symptom Not the Disease? [The Research Answer to the Question of Whether You Can Be “Healthy Obese”]

by Charlottenews, obesity, researchPosted on 36 Comments

Dr. Peter Attia, like many new doctors, thought he had this whole healthy living thing figured out. So much so that when a woman came into his ER one night in 2006 with uncontrolled type II diabetes and needed a foot amputation, he had nothing but “bitter contempt” for her, for allowing herself to get …

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The AMA Now Officially Recognizes Obesity as a “Disease” – So is This a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?

by Charlotteobesity, researchPosted on 40 Comments

 Boom! Science in action. (P.S. I have sooooo totally done this. And the group crouch. I don’t know why. ) Ever felt that there’s got to be more to gaining and losing weight than just calories in/calories out? Well, it turns out the American Medical Association agrees with you. In a surprising and controversial decision – …

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