Obesity: Public enemy number one

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Obesity: Public enemy number one

THE novel coronavirus pandemic has thrust the obesity epidemic once again into the spotlight, revealing that obesity is no longer a disease that harms just in the long run, but one that can have acutely devastating effects.New studies and information confirm doctors' suspicion that this virus takes advantage of a disease that our current US health care system is unable to get under control.

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