Examines the potential causes of obesity as well as various treatment options.

Is there an obesity epidemic? The obesity epidemic is America's greatest ongoing crisis / Dan Carroll -- The myth of an "obesity tsunami" / Patrick Basham and John Luik -- The prevalence of obesity has been underestimated / Nirav R. Shah and Eric R. Braverman -- The obesity epidemic was manufactured by the weight loss industry / Linda Bacon -- The public's acceptance of higher weight is a serious problem / Neil Snyder -- The public's obsession with weight loss and thinness is harmful / Rick Kausman -- Is obesity a disease? Declaring that obesity is a disease will help patients / Mark J. Holland -- Obesity is not a disease / Michael Tanner -- The AMA's classification of obesity as a disease is proper / Sara Stein -- The AMA's classification of obesity as a disease is a mistake / Richard Gunderman -- Obesity fits any reasonable definition of disease / Scott Kahan -- Being overweight does not always mean being unhealthy / S.E. Smith -- Calling obesity a disease will force awareness that being obese impairs health / Wendy Scinta -- Calling obese individuals diseased on the basis of statistics is wrong / Kath Read -- Should society actively combat obesity? Public health authorities should regulate the sale of sugary drinks / Lawrence O. Gostin -- Regulating diet and health choices violates individual rights / Jonathan S. Tobin -- The government should take action against obesity / Michael Smith -- The war on obesity is unjustified and a waste of money / Virginia Hughes -- Society should stigmatize being obese / Christopher Freind -- Stigmatizing obese people is comparable to stigmatizing gay individuals / Paul Campos -- What is causing the rise in obesity? The rise in obesity is due mainly to overeating / Kristina Fiore -- The rise in obesity is due mainly to physical inactivity / Timothy S. Church et al. -- Seduced by food: obesity and the human brain / Stephan J. Guyenet -- The rise in obesity is due to stress / Denise Cummins -- Antibiotics may be causing the rise in obesity / Tom Philpott -- Environmental chemicals may be causing the rise in obesity / Wendee Holtcamp -- Many complex factors contribute to the rise in obesity / David Berreby.