Aside from very rare cases, it is wrong to consider obesity a disease. It is largly (no pun intended) due to people that do not eat or exercise properally and it is fully preventable by doing so. To call it a disease is to only provide those people with another excuse not to pony up and take responsibility for themselves and their own damn health. Their unwillingness to do so, just makes health care and all the rest that much more expensive for the rest of us that take care of our bodies.

Yeah, some people get obese for medical reasons beyond their control - but 95% or more, they could prevent it and do something about it. They just chose to stick another Krispy Kreme Donut or Big Mac in their mouth instead while riding the couch all night and surfing channels.