REASONS WHY OBESE PEOPLE ARE NOT HEALTHY

There has been a strong debate in the international medical community as to whether to classify obesity as a disease or not. In June this year, the American Medical Association, one of the reputable authorities in medicine, voted decisively to officially classify obesity as a disease. Therefore it is now officially recognised as such in the US. In the light of this, it is not possible to be obese and healthy, since obesity is now being seen as a disease.

However, it is possible to be obese and not experience symptoms of other associated maladies in the short term, but this absence of overt symptoms cannot be regarded as being healthy, because ‘health’, as defined by the World Health Organisation, is “not just the absence of disease, but a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.” And, since obesity is linked to chronic non-communicable diseases, which develop over time, decades at times, I would rather say whatever apparent “health” an obese person is experiencing is very likely to be short-lived. http://bodychemist.blogspot.com/2014/01/consequences-of-obesity.html