Dr. Glenda Albizu discusses the new classification of obesity as a disease.
The American Medical Association announced on June 18 that obesity has been officially classified as a disease, which has reached epidemic levels in the United States in both adults and children.
According to the CDC, the prevalence of obesity in the late 1970s in the U.S. was 15 percent. By 2004, that number had doubled and reached 32.5 percent. The percentage of young people who are overweight has more than tripled since 1980, according to the National Center of Health Statistics.
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