Recognizing the need of Congress to prevent, address, and treat obesity as a disease in the United States on this World Obesity Day, March 4, 2025.

This House resolution recognizes that Congress needs to prevent, address, and treat obesity as a disease in the United States. It ties this message to World Obesity Day on March 4, 2025, calling attention to the scale and seriousness of obesity nationwide .

Key points

• Who is affected: People in the United States living with or at risk of obesity .
• What it says: Congress should treat obesity as a disease and work to prevent and address it, including improving treatment efforts .
• When: Marked on World Obesity Day, March 4, 2025 .