In 1948, the world health organization made a controversial announcement
On behalf of the world health organization I officially declare Obesity as a disease !
In 1950 the obesity medicine was established! Our goal was to educate people on why obesity is a disease !
The majority of the public was unaccepting of this declaration
OBESITY IS A CHOICE
they're not diseased they're just fat!
There was lots of resistance from the public and even parts of the medical community !
Hi ! I'm DOCTOR SUSAN! I work on behalf of the obesity medicine association. I'm a made up person but the association I work for is real !
Obesity is chronic, relapsing, multi-factorial, neurobehavioral disease, wherein an increase in body fat promotes adipose tissue dysfunction and abnormal fat mass physical forces, resulting in adverse metabolic, biomechanical, and psychosocial health consequences
OBESITY FACTSObesity can lead to MANY deadly diseases such as cancers, cardio vascular disease, and type 2 diabetesObesity is not just a choice !It can be caused by genetics, the environment, and many other factors INCLUING THE ECONOMY !
Because of this obesity is a disease
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A person is obese if their body mass index number is
>30
Despite the doctor Susan and the obesity medicine society's efforts, many members of society were ignoring them
Obesity is NOT a disease its a personal Choice !
The obesity medicine society is wrong about all of it
It is a personal choice, calling it a disease is just discrimination !
Even Medical Professionals were ignoring them and saying obesity is not a disease.
the TRUTH is your organization is miss informed, you're wasting your time and everyone else's
We are just trying to tell people the TRUTHOBESITY IS A DISEASE
2013 - American Medical Association declares obesity a DISEASE
2017 - Many other Countries Medical Associations declare obesity a DISEASE
After all the obesity society's hard work, many other organizations started to recognize obesity as a serious disease
1999- CDC declares obesity an EPIDEMIC
After all our hard work, obesity is now regarded as a serious issue we need to solve ! But we're not done! We will continue to advocate for obesity, and fun research until everyone takes this seriously !
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