Obesity as a Disease

• Did you think that obesity should be considered a disease before you listened to these doctors? Why or Why not?

Not really. Because I thought disease as some sort of virus that enters and harms the body.

• Which doctor's opinion aligns closest to how you feel about obesity as a disease?

Doctor Lundberg. He talks about how obesity is a disease because it harms the body, has similar symptoms, and an impairment to the body.

• Do you think obesity should be considered a disease? Why or why not?

Yes. Because, like Dr. Lundberg said, diseases are things that harm the body. And if it is considered as a disease, people might pay more attention to their health.

• Do you think that the AMA declaring obesity a disease will help in the fight against the obesity epidemic? Why or why not?

Yes. Because it helps people realize the seriousness of obesity, and they might start paying more attention.