Is obesity a disease?

[roxy]

This is something I hear repeated by fat ****s all the time - That their being a fat **** is a medical problem, not a lifestyle problem. Which is absolutely true in certain cases, but surely not every fat **** on this planet has a thyroid issue, probably not even 20%.

To each his own, though. If they're happy being hideous fat ****s who are more content pulling medical excuses out of their gelatinous asses than they are pulling weight in the gym then there's nothing that we can do to change their mind.

What really pisses me off is getting on a plane and being seated next to one of these CHUDs or worse - Seeing an old or disabled person at the supermarket in need of a motorized cart but unable to get one because the fat ****s are using them to cruise over to the bakery.

I agree ßringer, most of the time it is inactive people that gorge themselves. I would not defend that lifestyle. I knew a girl in middle school that had some sort of thyroid problem and she was huge. Diet and exercise wouldn't help her at all with her weight. It might have helped have a healthier life though, she died freshman year.

[Craig333]

Yes obesity is a diseases.
Obesity or weight gain is very harmful disease which affects our health and fitness very badly. It causes high blood pressure, diabetes, heart problems, and many other serious problems.To control the obesity you should do proper exercises regularly and follow a strict diet plan. Avoid all fast foods, fried foods, and junk foods. Take more fruits and vegetables based foods.

[ShoulderRoll]

A disease that seems to only really affect America.

Bollocks. The UK is greatly affected by this as well, they are the fattest in all of Europe.

[DosRounds]

I mean seriously how the hell do you let yourself get this fat???

This actress from (Precious) claims that she is confident with her weight....She can't be serious???? She is in denial, ain't no way she enjoys looking like this.

oh my that is disgusting

[Mr Ehrmantraut]

Off topic:

How long can a fat person survive on their reserves of fat?. Lots of animals in the wild survive on their fat reserves in the winter.

If you lock the person mentioned in the OP into a giant sized hamster cage with only water, how long will they survive for?. What is the over/under 6 months?.

Theoretically could the fattest **** in the World survive for 2 years with just water?.

[DosRounds]

It is definitely a mental illness.

I couldn't even get that fat if I tried.

I have quite a sedentary job but the fact I work from 9-6 for 5 days a week and go for a long run twice a week means I never weigh much more than 12 stone. I am not even particularly fit or healty.

I'd have to be inhaling goose fat to be that fat . It always perplexes me how regular obese people have even have the time or the money to get that heroically obese.

Fat food is cheaper than healthy food. Chocolate and stuff is so easy to buy

first of all i agree that like alcoholism its obviously not a disease. however i dont agree that its wrong to be that fat, they have every right to be unhealthy.

as long as they arent hurting someone else they are entitled to live their lives however they want. it doesnt make any sense to me either, then again some ppl would question every fighters intelligence for participating in a sport where you take blows to the head.

to each his own.

It is wrong when they pay for one seat on the bus but then they take up two.

eating cheese burgers isnt a disease. Kinda funny that Precious was voted the most beautiful woman by a ******* ****zine

lol wtf thy must be blind. You can't even see her facial features because there's so much fat around it. Her arms and belly are hideous too!

Try calling into work "fat" and see if its an excused absence.

Seriously, though. More and more "diseases" are created merely to give credence to the ever growing list of pharmaceuticals being shoved down Americans' throats in the never ending battle for your dependency on meds and the dollars that they produce.

It's a scam to make people feel like victims.

"Hey, you can't help that you're overweight. It's in you DNA. Here, take these and collect this disability so you can take more of these. We'll help."

It's bull****! But most people are too lazy and ready to believe "they can't help it" to do anything about it. Meanwhile, the fast food industry and the drug industry are makin' a killing.

You do the math.

It adds up bro

It's a disease in the way that they get literally addicted to high calory 'food'. Most people who end up looking like that eat only crap, in unreal amounts. Some probably have genetics against them as well (mentally and physically).

Yeah that's what I think, the addiction to sugar/fat. I see fat people that love those foods, can't limit the amount they eat and eat those high calorie foods throughout the day. A lack of self control maybe