La Obesidad Es Una Enfermedad

Delma L. Portocarrero
Essay # 1
Obesity is a disease
Disease is any physical condition that has a harmful effect to your ability to live a normal life, it is chronic, and it can not be immediatelycured. Obesity affects a high percentage of the world’s population; in fact it is a topic that every family is talking about on a daily basis. Obesity is a disease that can be caused by geneticpredisposition, it negatively affect you ability to live a normal life either physically and/or psychologically, if untreated can lead to health problems, and it is a chronic condition that need preventiveand maintenance management. It is very important for our communities to be fully aware about this disease because it is not only dangerous to our human body, but it is also an economically costlygrowing problem.
Diseases negatively impact our lives, they cause pain, disability, social, and psychological problem. Diseases can inhibit a person from doing a lot of activities and depending on theseverity of the disease, daily activities such as getting dressed, eating, and driving may become more challenging. The limitations of a chronic disease affects a person quality of life and some of thediseases can be life threatening. It can destroy someone’s health and confidence. An example of disease that can completely change a person’s life is Parkinson’s disease, it start by physicallychanging the body, the way of walking, and psychologically, the confidence is affected, the way of setting short and long term goals. Social life is also affected as well, friends start leaving thesickness and tiredness of the individual becomes an uncomfortable and heavy load to friends. This person feels terrible bad, gets embarrassed because the way people look at them, so they decide imprison athome.
Diseases are not cured immediately, a doctor can provide disease management but it takes times for an individual to feel better. The use of antibiotics is very important in the treatment of...