This may be one of the most controversial questions that currently is being asked in the public health community. When looking at forums, including media news, company press releases, or educational pieces, they almost always consider obesity as a disease.5 There are many people, however, who do not think that when obesity is referred to it should be considered a disease.5 The World Health Organization considers obesity to be a disease through the codes they use in the International Classification of Diseases 9th edition (ICD-9); however, in the ICD-10, it is more classified as a risk factor to health rather than a disease itself.5 While this may be a debate within the scientists or authors who release research about this topic, it is important that no matter how being overweight or obese is classified, it is more important for it to get treated and to move in the right direction to help fight against this
This may be one of the most controversial questions that currently is being asked in the public health community. When looking at forums, including media news, company press releases, or educational pieces, they almost always consider obesity as a disease.5 There are many people, however, who do not think that when obesity is referred to it should be considered a disease.5 The World Health Organization considers obesity to be a disease through the codes they use in the International Classification of Diseases 9th edition (ICD-9); however, in the ICD-10, it is more classified as a risk factor to health rather than a disease itself.5 While this may be a debate within the scientists or authors who release research about this topic, it is important that no matter how being overweight or obese is classified, it is more important for it to get treated and to move in the right direction to help fight against this