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Reply: Is obesity a disease?

International Journal of Obesity volume 25, pages 1405–1406 (2001)Cite this article

‘Corpulency, when in an extraordinary degree, may be reckoned a disease as it in some measure obstructs the free exercise of the animal functions and hath a tendency to shorten life by paving the way to dangerous distempers.’ (Malcolm Flemyng, 1760)

‘Corpulency, when in an extraordinary degree, may be reckoned a disease as it in some measure obstructs the free exercise of the animal functions and hath a tendency to shorten life by paving the way to dangerous distempers.’ (Malcolm Flemyng, 1760)

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Kopelman, P., Finer, N. Reply: Is obesity a disease?. Int J Obes 25, 1405–1406 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0801791

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