The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have created a free informational program called LEAN Works to help employers implement workplace obesity prevention programs. The program aids employers in planning, building and promoting a program and assessing the results after implementation. Such programs are as important as ever, today, as obesity …
American Medical Association Declares Obesity a Disease
The American Medical Association (AMA) has officially classified obesity as a disease nearly 15 years after the National Institutes of Health did so in 1998. Since the AMA is considered the nation’s leading physician organization, the impact of the AMA’s decision to classify obesity as a disease will likely be …