Is Obesity a Health Disparity?

I suppose you could think of it that way. Why you would, I can only guess.

Obesity is at epidemic proportions these days because people either don't care about their health, are too dumb to realize that they're eating garbage and not getting enough exercise, or are going around under the false belief that it's okay to be fat. Like Queen Latifa thinking that fat = "curves" for example.

Compared to clear, logical thinking, I suppose you could consider these disparities.

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