“Obesity is not a disease but a physical manifestation of a history, our country had with hunger.” Epstein, Ethan. He believes that obesity is a free choice. Recent studies have shown that obesity has become an epidemic in the United States. “More than 65% of people in the United States are obese”, and millions of dollars are being spent on obesity” (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases). Insurance companies would not cover obesity because it was not considered a disease until recently when the Center of Disease Control (C.D.C) made the determination that obesity is a disease. Although obesity is proven to be a lifestyle, genetic, and metabolic it should be classified as a disease because it is not just one factor but a combination of all the above.
Initially, most people would say that obesity is a lifestyle because you have a choice to eat healthy and exercise to avoid being obese. It is true that if people eat more calories than is burned off, they would gain weight. But just how easy is it to change a lifestyle and start to eat healthy and exercise? It is common knowledge that it is costly to eat healthy, and join a gym than to eat fast, …show more content…
Obesity is not a disease it is a choice. One has the right to eat healthy and exercise to avoid being overweight or obese. One also has the right to choose to eat what they want and not exercise and be overweight or obese. For the most part, you should always eat healthy and exercise to avoid being obese, but because obesity is a disease, eating healthy and exercising does not always help when there are other factors like Slow Metabolic Syndrome, Hypothyroidism, and fatigue just to name a few. Other factors like socioeconomics and genetics also contribute to one’s life being threatened by this
Initially, most people would say that obesity is a lifestyle because you have a choice to eat healthy and exercise to avoid being obese. It is true that if people eat more calories than is burned off, they would gain weight. But just how easy is it to change a lifestyle and start to eat healthy and exercise? It is common knowledge that it is costly to eat healthy, and join a gym than to eat fast, …show more content…
Obesity is not a disease it is a choice. One has the right to eat healthy and exercise to avoid being overweight or obese. One also has the right to choose to eat what they want and not exercise and be overweight or obese. For the most part, you should always eat healthy and exercise to avoid being obese, but because obesity is a disease, eating healthy and exercising does not always help when there are other factors like Slow Metabolic Syndrome, Hypothyroidism, and fatigue just to name a few. Other factors like socioeconomics and genetics also contribute to one’s life being threatened by this