Is Obesity A Disease Summary

In the article “Is Obesity a Disease?” author Carey Rossi takes a firm position that obesity is a disease that can have many causes. She states that obesity can be caused by endocrine or genetic disorders. She then asserts that obesity is mostly caused from inactivity and overeating and that it can directly affect your emotions very easily. She also sees the other side of the debate with the words of a doctor, Marianne Legato. Dr. Legato states that obese patients need to be counseled because of anxiety due to obesity. Legato takes the stance that trying to help patients with their anxiety from their obese habits can sometimes cause the disease to grow worse or even cause severe depression. She then asserts that patients can easily fix this issue by exercise and healthy nutrition. Rossi then states that if obesity would be deemed a disease then physicians would be paid for treatment of the patients with obesity. She then takes the position that it should be classified as a progressive disease, like arthritis, and should be treated like one.
To contradict her idea, she stated that some would not consider obesity a disease, and that obesity should be considered a condition. She backs this up by asserting that it is possible to be considered obese
In fact, Dr. Bhatia, Medical Director of the Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine, agreed with Rossi stating that there are definite medical patterns including hormone imbalance, neurotransmitter deficiencies, and nutritional exhaustion that many obese patients experience (ProConorg Headlines). When defining a disease Rossi clearly states a number of ideas and explains each of them and how they relate to the definition of a disease. She clearly takes the side that obesity should be considered a disease because it obstructs normal function of the body and is a specific illness that has