The Pros And Cons Of Obesity

Obesity has been an ongoing epidemic in America for many years, recently an argument has arose questioning whether obesity should be diagnosed as a disease or not. Health professionals don’t share the same believe on the subject, nor does some certain members of the general public. Considering how there are pros and cons to both sides of the argument, people will continue to disagree for years to come regardless if obesity is to be labeled a disease or not.

The everyday life of an American consists of a constant surrounding of food, usually filled with carbohydrates and overloaded with fat. It is the person’s choice to consume unhealthy or healthy food. Eating too much unhealthy food, while also mixed with the lack of exercise, will result

Calling obesity a disease can warp the thinking of the American population. America is moving forward in making obesity a public issue, and is also starting many programs to help fight obesity. Disease signals something abnormal something not right, now there is nothing abnormal at seeing obese Americans everywhere (Pittman 2013). "I believe telling people they have a disease allows people to throw up their arms and surrender and do nothing,", Texas delegate Russ Kridel, MD stated (Pittman

"Obesity leads to a host of both long- and short-term health problems and costs Americans more than $190 billion annually in higher medical costs, and possibly as much as $450 billion in indirect costs, such as lost productivity" (Tanner 2013). Some insurance covers bariatric surgery, which is a surgery process of making the size of the passage to your stomach allowing you to eat much less. Bariatric surgery leads to massive weight loss and if mixed with a healthier life, can be a big help in overcoming obesity. A typical bariatric surgery costs at least $40,000, but will exceed that easily. Depression and anxiety is known to feed obesity, these problems can cause you to eat and not be as