AHA Scientific Statement on Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease

Nowhere in this statement will you find any hint that the pandemic of obestiy has anything to do with the promiscuous prescription of drugs for "cholesterol", hypertension and "blood sugar". It just didn't occur to the authors. To see possibly why look at the financial disclosure by passing your pointer over the yellow area to toggle data. You will see that only one of the authors has no declared connection with a drug company but he or she works for the AHA itself. And we know whence the AHA obtains substantial funding. After pointing out all the dire consequences of obesity, the AHA recommends what as solutions? Pass your pointer over the green area to toggle their solutions. They seem to put their faith in drugs and gene therapy. Again, no suggestion that just maybe if doctors didn't prescribe lifestyle drugs there might be some incentive to change habits. The AHA has never heard of moral hazard and doesn't really want to.