Well, this should be a hot kettle of fish...
AMA declares obesity a disease Los Angeles Times
If Obesity Is a Disease, Who's Going to Treat It? Huffington Post
Obesity disease status could hurt insurance, help pharma NBC News
I was going to take a Coursera course on "Obesity and Economics" this summer. I had to push it off until next summer. Something tells me it is going to be a lot more interesting a year from now.
