re: Do you believe obesity is a disability?

I don't think it's a disability.

I do think eating compulsion in some cases is an addiction.

I have a friend who got a lap band. But his compulsion to eat is so strong that he figured out that if he drank large quantities of water while he ate, he could get the food through the band. He is otherwise a great person. He works hard, is pretty successful professionaly and is a good husband and father.

There has to be Psycological component that makes a person do things they know are harmful to them. As a former smoker, I can relate to this.

Also, it seems that in a lot of cases, if your parents are obese, you have a larger chance of being obese. Most of my thin friends and acquaintances have thin parents. There are exceptions of course, but it does bare out that either genetics or behavioral conditioning or both contribute to obesity.

It's not as simple as fat people are lazy.

Most in this thread are correct about the solution... Eat less and healthier, excersize more. That isn't in quesion.