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Recognise obesity as a disease to reduce prevalence, says RCP

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The government must urgently recognise obesity as a disease, the Royal College of Physicians has said. Until this happens the prevalence of obesity is unlikely to be reduced, it has… Click to show full abstract

The government must urgently recognise obesity as a disease, the Royal College of Physicians has said. Until this happens the prevalence of obesity is unlikely to be reduced, it has warned. Classifying obesity as an ongoing chronic disease would allow formal healthcare policies to be created to improve primary and …

Keywords: disease reduce; recognise obesity; obesity disease; prevalence; disease; obesity

Journal Title: British Medical Journal
Year Published: 2019

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