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Is obesity a disease similar to a cold or a flu?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Yes and no: It is similar in that it is a condition that effects health but is dissimilar in that it is not communicable or contagious.

Answered 4/24/2013

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