Obesity - Cause and Remedy

A well-known psychologist recently wrote about the issue of obesity in America for the Practical Advise column, which appeared in my local newspaper. The title of her article, “Obesity Is A Medical Illness, Not A Behavioral Disorder,” shocked and frightened me. She stated, “Obesity meets all of the clinical definitions of a disease.” In view of the fact that this is a syndicated column and hundreds of newspapers will carry this article, I am compelled to write a rebuttal to this outrageous miscarriage of facts. Maybe with some stretch of imagination, being obese may have earned a medical disease diagnosis—becoming or staying obese is the result of emotional adaptations and indoctrinations—environment, family, religion and

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