This position holds that obesity is not a disease. It argues obesity can stem from outside forces such as injury or medication, or simply from overeating, and that having negative physical effects does not make something a disease—plenty of harmful conditions are not classed as illnesses.
Supporting arguments · 3
- Obesity is caused by overeatingObesity is most often caused by poor food choices. When a body burns less than the calories provided, people gain weight.
- Obesity can be caused by injury or medicineA disease is not something that can be caused by external factors.
- Many things have negative physical impacts that aren't diseasesThere are hundreds of causes of symptoms like obesity that aren't diseases. Obesity can be deadly without being a disease.