Obesity as a Disease, Not a Behavior.

The article offers information about the move of the American Heart Association (AHA) to define ideal cardiovascular health in its 2020 Impact Goals for cardiovascular health promotion as well as disease prevention by including a body mass index (BMI) which the AHA recognizes as an ideal health behavior. Information about the complexity of obesity, which has been treated as a single disease process with universal prevention and treatment strategies, is presented.