OPINION:
Even though the American Medical Association has recently declared obesity as an illness, others are disagreeing with this, saying that obesity is a voluntary lifestyle choice.
Many diseases start out as lifestyle choices, including alcoholism, drug addiction and gambling addiction, then after a prolonged time turn into a disease. So the same can easily be said of obesity.
KENNETH L. ZIMMERMAN
Huntington Beach, Calif.
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