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  • why the ‘disease’ label doesn’t always fit

    why the ‘disease’ label doesn’t always fit0

    People with the same body mass index can have radically different health statuses. Credit: Hiraman/Getty Nearly one billion people worldwide live with obesity1. Yet the scientific community is divided over what obesity means for health. For decades, obesity was viewed mainly as a health risk, increasing the likelihood of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and premature death2.

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