AMA declares obesity a disease

[wshaffer]

So, the AMA has declared obesity a disease, which I guess means I have an extra diseases that I didn't have last week. Funny, I don't feel sick

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[retsuko]

All three of those things you list make me rage on your behalf. The third one strikes me as particularly nonsensical because unless you were putting a solid inch of butter over the entire piece of toast, I don't see how you would take in that many calories from buttering bread. >:p

[wshaffer]

Yeah, I know - a pat of butter only has 35 calories. No-Butter Lady was basically against fat in the diet - under her tutelage I experimented with dressing my salads with vinegar only, and with making sandwiches without cheese or mayo. I did lose a bit of weight, but it was a rather joyless way to eat.

[chinders]

I don't have anything to add here other than general incoherent rage.

Funnily enough, medical professionals treat me better now that they perceive me as compliant in trying to lose weight.

[wshaffer]

Oh, god, yes. Even when doctors do want to talk to me about my weight these days, they do it very differently than the way they used to.