Do you think obesity is a disease?

Consider, for a moment, some of the awkward questions that arise when you call obesity a disease: is someone who is slightly overweight, only slightly diseased? Can someone catch or 'come down' with obesity? Can obesity really be 'cured'? read more

Obesity can be a disease, genetic or mental, say you gain 200 lb in 2 weeks after your son died. That’s a disease. But if you eat at your local burger store, breakfast lunch & dinner, drink soda, eat sweets, dont like veggies, walking while commuting, than my friend, you’re not sick you’re lazy. read more

American Heritage Dictionary defines DISEASE as (1) an abnormal condition of a part, organ, or system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, inflammation, environmental factors, or genetic defect, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs, symptoms, or both AND (2) a condition or tendency, as of society, regarded as abnormal and harmful. read more

They might also say that obesity, as well, is a burden in some way, but just because obesity is a burden, and a disease is a burden, it does not mean that obesity is a disease. If these two definitions are correlated, the consequences would be many individuals believing that they are sick when they are just simply overweight (Kizina, February 8, 2015). read more