Caryn Bell

May 21, 2024 | mdpi.com | Sabrina Strings |Caryn Bell

1. IntroductionIn 2013, the American Medical Association (AMA) voted to classify obesity as a disease. The decision was controversial. Although the National Institutes of Health (NIH) had labeled obesity a disease back in 1998, the AMA is the most influential medical organization in the U.S. Therefore, many expected that their assignation that obesity is a disease would, well, carry more weight.