Conflicting Viewpoints

Running Head: Obesity 1

Can Obesity be a Disease? 3

Can Obesity be a Disease?

Kelvin Glenn

Strayer University

Professor Nick Koltochnik

Critical Thinking 210

April 22, 2015

Can Obesity be a Disease?

Obesity, for years Doctors have been trying to prove that Obesity is a Disease. From my personal experience’s I would agree that obesity is a disease. I have been obese for the past five years. I go through a lot of heath problems like breathing problem being able to be active are just a few.

Some would go as far to say that it is not a disease, they would try to prove it by saying that obesity can be a preventable risk but can lead to other types of diseases and conditions but obesity is not the disease itself. Some of the disease that is thought to be caused by obesity would be disease like coronary heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, cancers (like endometrial, breast, and colon), women that gain more than 20 pounds in their 20s tend to double their risk of breast cancer high cholesterol, high levels of triglycerides, liver and gallbladder disease, incontinence, increased surgical risk, sleep apnea, respiratory problems (like asthma), osteoarthritis, infertility and other reproductive complications, complications during pregnancy and birth defects, and mental health conditions.

Some would go as far to explain how many people live long lives and even be healthy. I has been proven that many people live healthy lives as an obese person. The people that live long healthy lives have normal level cholesterol and with no signs of diabetes because they visit the doctors for regular checkups.

Sedentary lifestyles are often the result of some obesity. Today people spend more time playing video games, sitting in front of computers and not exercising. According to Procon.com “In 1960 50% of jobs required moderate physical activity compared to just 20% of jobs in 2011; the other 80% in 2011 required little or no physical activity.”

Referents

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