Chelsea+persuasive+essay


 * Obesity is not a disease, it is a choice!..**

Obesity doesn't count as a disease because it is a chosen lifestyle,and there are 3 supportive points for this statement which are: People choose how and what they eat. People can choose to exercise daily to keep their weight down, and people are just too lazy.

It is a chosen lifestlye and people choose how and what they eat. In fact, half of 68% of people are obese because of what they eat. They use the distance of where they live, to the junk food spots as an excuse. They say its easier to get to a Mcdonalds or Wendys than to get to a whole foods store. So, obesity all depends on how and what you choose to eat. Its important to make healthy choices and not go straight to the junk food spots closest to you.

Also, people can choose to exercise daily so their weight stays down and they stay in shape.According to articles.cnn.com, only 3 out of 10 which is 30% of americans, exercise on a daily basis. Since only 30% of people actually exercise daily, that 70% of people have a higher chance of becoming obese because of the fact that they dont work out as much as they should.

My final point to obesity being a choice is because people lack the motivation to exercise and eat healthy. People rather take elevators than walk up a few flights of stairs, and they dont even think about and taking a few minutes to travel to a spot with healthy foods. Actually, according to naturalnews.com, 60% of americans ae obese because of lazyness and unhealthy dieting.

However, some may that obesity is a disease because it does have a symptom, fatness.I disagree with that opinion given that all you need to do to get rid of that symptom is exercise on a daily basis.

Another argument to obesity being a disease is that heredity, meaning you are genetically pre-disposed to obesity. My rebuttal is, that those that are pre-disposed to obesity can maintain a healthy diet and exercise as much as they need to.

Despite the argument that obesity is hereditary and symptomatic, I believe that obesity is a choice not a disease. People can choose to exercise and eat healthy as apposed to making poor nutritional choices.