Should obesity be treated as a disease?

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Question: Should obesity be treated as a disease?
Position‹3 of 3: Obesity is a mental illness

This position holds that obesity should be understood as a mental illness. It argues that most of obesity's causes are rooted in mental health — that psychological conditions can drive the behaviours leading to weight gain — so it is best classified and treated as a mental illness.

Supporting arguments · 1

Mental illness can cause obesity
Depression is a major cause of weight gain as is anxiety and eating disorders.