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Care of the Obese Population
The problem of obesity has already been determined. Many solutions to the problem are on the rise, but how do we handle the here and now? Obesity is a complex health issue, of which no one solution or source can yet address. Brief historical and cascading events, definitions, cost, life expectancy, medical adversities and statistical information are offered in this paper to outline the disparities of how we are going to care for the obese population.
Obesity, as defined by the Institute of Medicine is, "an important chronic degenerative disease that debilitates individuals and kills prematurely." (Institute of Medicine, 1995) This very simplistic definition follows the medical model of health care and leaves no doors open for introspection of the problem or solution. A more holistic model would state that obesity is a complex process involving a variety of social, behavioral, cultural, environmental, physiological, and genetic factors that......

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