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Is Obesity a disease?

If you have a couple of hours (!) you might like to watch this.   i haven't had a chance yet, but if you have let me know what you think in the comments.



This is from Obesity Panacea.


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Unknown said…
Yes, some people are genetically inclined to obesity. No, that does not give them an excuse to not do anything about it. Why do we need a video to tell us these things?
June 26, 2012 at 6:43 PM
Bill said…
A great book on the subject is "The Obesity Myth" or "The Diet Myth". The bottom line is that being heavy cannot be isolated as a cause of health problems. The problem is inactivity and poor diet. Take a heavy person and get them to exercise and to eat better and they become every bit as healthy as a slender person. It doesn't matter whether or not they lose weight. A fat person who exercises is better off than a thin person who does not. Diets fail 90% of the time and yo-yo dieting has some definite negative health effects. It should be about health and not losing weight.
June 27, 2012 at 4:49 AM
js290 said…
Weight alone is not a good metric of health. There are better metabolic markers: http://samsnyder.com/2012/01/05/medical-tests-recommended-by-dr-ron-rosedale/

Get the metabolic markers in order with proper nutrition and let the weight and body composition take care of itself.
June 27, 2012 at 8:58 PM
George Adventures In Health said…
Thanks for posting this, I'm off to see if I can get it on my iphone for a watch whilst I drink my brew:)

Keep up the good work,
George
June 28, 2012 at 12:39 AM
Just Another Rep said…
I definitely think Obesity is a disease. Not so much a physiological one but psychological one, and its aetiological factors are mostly social ones!
July 6, 2012 at 3:22 PM
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