An Analytical Analysis Of An Essay 'Obesity' By Geoffrey Kabat
Jaisa Crockton
Analysis of an Essay
ENG 200-002 Even though the American Medical Association declared that obesity is a disease in 2013, many doctors and other medical professionals disagree with the decision. Geoffrey Kabat, an epidemiologist, is one of the many medical professionals that does not believe that obesity is a disease.
His first claim is that if obesity is a disease then smoking should be considered a disease as well. Everyone can agree that smoking is not a disease, but when the effects of smoking are compared to the effects of obesity it makes the two issues seem similar to each other. Both smoking and obesity can cause respiratory issues, heart disease, cancer, and a number of other diseases. Neither of the two are …show more content…
Some people who are considered as obese are healthy because they exercise and maintain normal body functioning and homeostasis without the help of any medications or supplements. Therefore, these people cannot possibly have a “disease”, they are just considered healthy overweight people.
The author goes on to state that only people who are extremely overweight or obese die from complications due to their weight. However, people with other diseases such as cancer or heart disease are more likely to die from their complications caused by the diseases they have. People who are obese can usually handle the complications that come along with being obese on their own by changing their lifestyle. A real disease cannot be gotten rid of by making simple lifestyle changes like changing diet and exercise …show more content…
The quote explains that throughout the years obesity has become more pandemic even though the way our bodies are made today are the same as centuries ago. What has changed between those times and now is the environment in which we live. There are more varieties now than ever before and people have a hard time making healthy choices and decide to eat unhealthy foods. Therefore we cannot label obesity as a disease, but it can be labeled as a choice. There are many ways to prevent becoming obese. However with most real diseases there is no prevention, the diseases are not caused by anything the person has done wrong. While being obese typically comes from making the wrong lifestyle
Analysis of an Essay
ENG 200-002 Even though the American Medical Association declared that obesity is a disease in 2013, many doctors and other medical professionals disagree with the decision. Geoffrey Kabat, an epidemiologist, is one of the many medical professionals that does not believe that obesity is a disease.
His first claim is that if obesity is a disease then smoking should be considered a disease as well. Everyone can agree that smoking is not a disease, but when the effects of smoking are compared to the effects of obesity it makes the two issues seem similar to each other. Both smoking and obesity can cause respiratory issues, heart disease, cancer, and a number of other diseases. Neither of the two are …show more content…
Some people who are considered as obese are healthy because they exercise and maintain normal body functioning and homeostasis without the help of any medications or supplements. Therefore, these people cannot possibly have a “disease”, they are just considered healthy overweight people.
The author goes on to state that only people who are extremely overweight or obese die from complications due to their weight. However, people with other diseases such as cancer or heart disease are more likely to die from their complications caused by the diseases they have. People who are obese can usually handle the complications that come along with being obese on their own by changing their lifestyle. A real disease cannot be gotten rid of by making simple lifestyle changes like changing diet and exercise …show more content…
The quote explains that throughout the years obesity has become more pandemic even though the way our bodies are made today are the same as centuries ago. What has changed between those times and now is the environment in which we live. There are more varieties now than ever before and people have a hard time making healthy choices and decide to eat unhealthy foods. Therefore we cannot label obesity as a disease, but it can be labeled as a choice. There are many ways to prevent becoming obese. However with most real diseases there is no prevention, the diseases are not caused by anything the person has done wrong. While being obese typically comes from making the wrong lifestyle