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06/19/13
AMA House of Delegates Adopts Policy to Recognize Obesity as a Disease
DENVER (June 19, 2013)—The Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) applauds the American Medical Association (AMA) for its decision on June 18 to adopt policy that recognizes…