
Disease or Decision?
Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease. Hippocrates This week, the American Medical Association declared obesity a disease. They did this in order to allow doctors to give people a diagnosis so that they would be able to be treated for it within the medical system. Obesity is the latest malady to enter the “is it a disease or a decision” debate. Alcoholism, sex addiction, and even homosexuality have all been part of the disease/decision debate and have spark