March 2010 - Is Obesity a Mental Illness?

The causation of obesity is many fold and varies from individual to individual.  Do they all warrant a label of mental illness?  Should there be further differentiation of chronic medical conditions that result in obesity?  

Read the article below to stimulate further debate on, what is and what is not, mental illness.

http://awpsych.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100&cati...