I actually do have an idea about obesity, as I was a biology major before getting and advanced degree in economics.
The following is scientific fact: "Never has it been proven that a human being will not lose weight on a limited calorie diet"
Eat less, weigh less...
Obesity is a "disease"/excuse that is made up after the fact when someone eats too much.
For those of you that say obesity is a "disease", what you are implying is that there are skinny people running around that have this obesity disease, and it just has not manifested itself yet.
This is simply not true.
Being overweight is more closely tied to depression, another illness of the weak.
I think that's very well stated
The two definitions of disease
a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury.
"bacterial meningitis is a rare disease"
a particular quality, habit, or disposition regarded as adversely affecting a person or group of people.
"departmental administration has often led to the dread disease of departmentalitis"
So it's either a actual medical problem that can be traced to a mental or physical problem,
Or used in the terms like the disease of laziness will lead to obesity
I tend to agree with the last definition
Let's say that yes obesity it's a mental disease but your not born with it. Overeating, not exercising leads to the development of the disease. So the root cause is over eating. Which is just a respone to some tragity or depression. But that's not an excuse to be obese. Everyone on earth has had some form of depression but we are not all 600lbs. The weak give up. The strong over come it's that simple
