title: Why obesity should be treated as a disease.
authors.affiliation: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA.
authors.forename: Timothy S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Church
mesh_terms: D000574:American Medical Association; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000639:trends; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology