How obesity is like alcoholism

Posted by: admin on: August 25, 2011

Obesity is often progressive and fatal. Most people, let alone those struggling with obesity, experience progressive weight gain over time.

Sometimes periods of rapid weight gain are followed by periods of weight stability or even weight loss, but in the long term, no one with obesity would carry their excess weight had they not progressively gained it over time (and often continue to do so).

And yes, obesity is no doubt fatal. This may not seem as obvious as in the case of the alcoholic who dies of liver cirrhosis or totals his car (and himself) whilst DIU, but when you start looking at the many ways in which obesity can kill you, from heart attacks to cancer, there is no doubt that obesity is fatal (often after ruining most of your life first – another similarity to alcoholism).

Read more: http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/03/obesity-alcoholism.html

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