Obesity a disease?

Obesity IS a disease , I personally know someone that suffers from it and its a legit disorder just like anorexia. To say that a 500pound person is like that because they selfish and lazy is just illogical.
Do lots of research and make up your own mind .

I agree with this 100%

I disagree with it a thousand times over. "...just like anorexia".. anorexia is an eating disorder, not a disease, and obesity would be an eating disorder by the original poster (that I quoted) which, they have to sort of agree with since they are the ones that stated "like anorexia".

Now, I agree that obesity can be a symptom of disease. Things like thyroid disorders and PCOS come to mind, but no, not a disease in and of itself.

Edited to add... I think this is probably some ploy by the AMA and big pharma to try to get insurance companies to pay for weight loss aids, diet pills, weight loss surgery, etc.