What is Obesity? Obesity is a disease that affects nearly one-third of the adult American population (approximately 60 million). The number of overweight and obese Americans has continued to increase ...
With Obesity: Disease Management Strategies & Programs, your organization can benefit from the experience of health providers and plans that already have successful disease management programs in place
An Update of the 1997 American Heart Association Scientific Statement on Obesity and Heart Disease From the Obesity Committee of the Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism
This site provides a variety of information designed to help people understand that obesity is a serious health issue and the efforts being made to address it.
Declaring obesity a disease would be a strong first step toward accelerating our response to the epidemic of excess fat in our diets, on our bodies and in our body politic.