Obesity Causing Disability Among Baby Boomers

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Obesity Causing Disability Among Baby Boomers


Obesity may be leading to higher disability rates among baby boomers in their sixties, according to a new study.  Interestingly the trend does not apply to people in their seventies and eighties. Read the full story

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Obesity Not a Disability, AMA Says

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Obesity Not a Disability, AMA Says


Obesity is not a disability, according to a policy adopted by the American Medical Association to formally oppose efforts by advocacy groups that would make doctors vulnerable to disability lawsuits. Read the full story

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