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Should Obesity Be Classed As A Disease?
It has been suggested that obesity should be considered a disease.
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How would describing 'normal' fat people (i.e, ignoring those who are fat because of an underlying medical condition) as a victim of a disease help them? I suspect it will simply provide the fatties with an excuse for their size? "My obesity is a disease and therefore it's not my fault"
Should smokers be described have having a disease? If not, why not? I see no difference between a compulsion to smoke and a compulsion to shove food down the neck.
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How would describing 'normal' fat people (i.e, ignoring those who are fat because of an underlying medical condition) as a victim of a disease help them? I suspect it will simply provide the fatties with an excuse for their size? "My obesity is a disease and therefore it's not my fault"
Should smokers be described have having a disease? If not, why not? I see no difference between a compulsion to smoke and a compulsion to shove food down the neck.
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It is not always as simply as "shoving food down your neck". A lot of people are obese through no fault of their own. They comfort eat because of psychological reasons, myself included. If obesity is classed as a disease then we might get the help we need to combat the illness rather than ridicule which makes it worse
it is unnecessary but it's not wrong, and it shouldn't be insulting to know that.
The reason fat people have a stigma is because it's considered quite unhealthy. Not many people will select a partner who is obese due to health reasons. It isn't normally considered attractive because when you see someone with excess fat you think 'unhealthy'
This is why there is a stigma.
The reason fat people have a stigma is because it's considered quite unhealthy. Not many people will select a partner who is obese due to health reasons. It isn't normally considered attractive because when you see someone with excess fat you think 'unhealthy'
This is why there is a stigma.
It would seem that disease has taken on a wider meaning from when i understood the word disease.
It is now getting to the stage where EVERY deviation from the norm is classified as a disease....ADHS...AUTISM.....and if you do not fulfill all the requirements of a particular disorder, there is always the "Spectrum" that will fit you in.
A diseased process seems to be whatever you want it to mean.....you may even diagnose it yourself bt tick box in the national newspaper if you like.
So in answer to your question....ye but, no but, yer but no but......whatever you like.
It is now getting to the stage where EVERY deviation from the norm is classified as a disease....ADHS...AUTISM.....and if you do not fulfill all the requirements of a particular disorder, there is always the "Spectrum" that will fit you in.
A diseased process seems to be whatever you want it to mean.....you may even diagnose it yourself bt tick box in the national newspaper if you like.
So in answer to your question....ye but, no but, yer but no but......whatever you like.
depends how they set the paramters, ie anyone over the BMI? anyone over a BMI of a certain amount? That#s most rugby players deseased for a start. What will classifying it as a disease achieve?
DD: "Should smokers be described have having a disease? If not, why not? I see no difference between a compulsion to smoke and a compulsion to shove food down the neck. " - the main difference is that smoking is not required to live, eating is. It's like a drug that you must take some of. So I wouldn't say something that is a choice is a disease.
DD: "Should smokers be described have having a disease? If not, why not? I see no difference between a compulsion to smoke and a compulsion to shove food down the neck. " - the main difference is that smoking is not required to live, eating is. It's like a drug that you must take some of. So I wouldn't say something that is a choice is a disease.
Being fat for the vast majority of people is a lifestyle choice.
But once in its grip it does become a compulsion.
Smoking is a choice but once in its grip is a compulsion.
Both these things should be treated in a sympathetic but firm manner.
They are not a disease Per sa they are mental illnesses with addiction thrown in. Treat the mental illness and addiction but let’s not absolve people of the choices they made to get where they are.
But once in its grip it does become a compulsion.
Smoking is a choice but once in its grip is a compulsion.
Both these things should be treated in a sympathetic but firm manner.
They are not a disease Per sa they are mental illnesses with addiction thrown in. Treat the mental illness and addiction but let’s not absolve people of the choices they made to get where they are.
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