Describing obesity as a 'disease' will make it harder to tackle

Labelling obesity a 'disease' simply encourages more obesity! It gives an excuse to people who willingly eat/drink too much of the wrong things to put the weight on and then think of themselves as 'disease victims'.

Er? Doesn’t the Torygraph know the answer to this?

The rise of obesity is a visual indicator of the power of the free market takeover of our lives in last 40 years. We no longer cook for our family, but have handed over this responsibility to private corporations who's aim is profit first and quality second.

Unless caused by some physical imbalance, absolutely a choice.

No it is not. It is people overconsuming the wrong foods, whilst not getting enough exercise. Hardly a disease.

Someone once said to me, 'there were no metabolically fat people in Nazi concentration camps.' Graphic but true. If obesity is a disease, it's a mental illness, should be taken seriously and treated accordingly.

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