Dinner Dictators: Should Doctors Be Able To Regulate Our Food Choices?

The recent labeling of obesity as a disease by the American Medical Association has started a media firestorm about whether or not this labeling is accurate, and what this move means for both the treatment of obesity and diabetes, and the future of the American food and health industries. Citing a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Dr. Mark Hyman claims that obesity is primarily the result of addiction to high-glycemic sugary and/or simple-carbohydrate-based foods...