AMA now defines obesity as a disease

Obese Male

Taking responsibility for what one consumes is being overlooked by the American Medical Association:

June 19, 2013

Obesity is officially a disease, American Medical Association rules

The influential physicians’ group voted to classify obesity as a disease at its annual meeting, opening the door for improved treatments and insurance coverage for the estimated 36% of Americans who are obese…

The group acknowledges that obesity “[requires] a range of medical interventions to advance … treatment and prevention,” the statement also said.http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/obesity-officially-disease-american-medical-association-rules-article-1.1376796#ixzz2Wh7xqVyn

While obesity is a multi-factorial problem, considering it as a “disease” like cancer or the flu is an odd, and basically inappropriate, step.

Also, the interventions normally indicated for obesity are not “medical,” though the AMA sometimes acts like just about everything to do with health is “medical.”

The Bible warns about overeating:

18 “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them, 19 then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city. 20 And they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones; so you shall put away the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear. (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)

20 Do not mix with winebibbers, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat; 21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty (Proverbs 23:20-21)

Yet most Americans, including many of those I speak with, simply do not believe they eat too much. And this includes many overweight ones.

Furthermore, God inspired the prophet Isaiah to write:

2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good (Isaiah 55:2).

But Americans do not often eat what is good. And they eat a lot of white bread, which is really not real bread as it has had the wheat germ and other natural components removed. This makes an inferior product which then is sprayed with synthetic B vitamins and other “nutrients” to “fortify” it. If you notice “B vitamins” added to “fortify” refined grain products or in so-called “natural” vitamin supplements (like thiamin mononitrate, thiamin HCL, folic acid, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin), realize that these are basically petroleum derivatives and are not the same form of vitamins that are actually found in real, natural, food.

But most Americans consume the synthetics and refined grains. They also consume a bunch of non-foods genetically-modified organisms. These are not really foods and may contribute to a variety of health concerns.

Again, while society, biology, and modern food processing play a role, the reality is that individual responsibility needs to be assigned a bigger role than the AMA now seems to have decided.

Some articles of possibly related interest may include:

Obesity and Prophecy Does the Bible warn about the consequences of being obese? Is overeating dangerous? Is gluttony condemned?
GMOs and Bible Prophecy What are GMOs? Since they were not in the food supply until 1994, how could they possibly relate to Bible prophecy? Do GMOs put the USA and others at risk? Here is a related YouTube video GMO Risks and the Bible.
Does God Heal Today? What does the Bible teach? Herbert Armstrong tries to explain this.
Ten Simple Rules that Lead to Health Herbert Armstrong gives his opinions on this.
Do Christians Sin? This is an article by Herbert W. Armstrong.
Overcoming Sin What is sin? How are Christians suppose to overcome it? Here is a link to a version in Mandarin Chinese: 克服是重要的. Here is also a link to a video in English titled How to Overcome Sin.
How to Prevent Sin This is an article by Herbert W. Armstrong. Here is a version in Mandarin: 如何不犯罪