Obesity should be classed as a disease to remove the stigma it is 'self-inflicted' medics say

Obesity should be classed as a disease to remove the stigma it is 'self-inflicted' medics say Obesity should be classed as a disease to remove the stigma that it is "self-inflicted" and encourage those with weight problems to get help, medics have said.

Writing in the BMJ, they said that up to 70 per cent of weight variability was inherited, with 200 genes linked to it.

And they said the rise in obesity was due to “an altered environment” which meant cheap food was readily available. The Daily Telegraph

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• Should obesity be recognised as a disease? (abstract) The BMJ
• Obesity should be classified as a DISEASE because it is 'not always patients' fault', scientists say The Daily Mail 
• Soaring obesity rates fuel doubling in the number of organs which cannot be transplanted The Daily Telegraph
• Obesity and old age blamed as organ transplants fall despite record number of donors The Independent