Is being Obese an illness?

[agel]

Yes or No
Im really not trying to start an argument. I want to understand what people actually think/know/believe about this.

I am obese and am trying to gain some sort of control over my eating through therapy at the moment. I’ve tried diets and exercising that do work but long term I don’t seem to be able to change my lifestyle enough to keep the weight off. I hate living like this and how people treat me differently because of my size. My family don’t understand at all. My partner is not understanding and it’s seriously affecting our relationship in many ways. It seems unfair because I don’t feel I have much control over this. It’s actually very lonely being in this situation. I rarely mention the topic of my health or weight to others because pardon the pun it’s always the elephant in the room! But you can almost hear what people are thinking. I hate the judgemental looks and comments. I rarely go out now because of anxiety and panic attacks brought on by this situation.

I was exclusively breastfed for my first year but was overweight as a child and obese as an adult. My son was breastfed for multiple years and was normal weight up until 2020, the pandemic years when he put on weight suddenly and became overweight, if not obese. We both are hypothyroid though.

Some studies suggest this but observational findings do not necessarily attribute the breastfeeding itself to the lowered incidence of obesity in later life. In fact generally speaking the breastfeeding thing is an association not proof of causation.

Also, why are you even trying to clutch at the idea that formula feeding is a cause of obesity to the extent we have it now. We already know what the causes are, and so would you if you actually read through the debate you're trying to get yourself involved in.

I'm also interested how you envisage your idea about of daily food rations being practically implemented? We know that it isn't ethically viable to exert such a totalitarian level of control over the population. The idea itself is absurd. But obviously you've somehow considered it's a reasonable possibility and so I wonder how you think this would play out. What would happen to all the shops, supermarkets, and restaurants we have? How would the restrictions be policed? Who would be eligible for autonomy over their intake?
It sounds to me like an idea for a dystopian fictional novel. I wonder how you managed to get to the conclusion this could being remotely possible in a country that has not even agreed to the idea of biometric ID cards.