Mine is. I make bad choices which effect my body and my future and I gain weight. Not everyone's is. I cannot judge others, just myself.

No. It's a medical condition Making extremely cruel comments and/or jokes about it might qualify. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity

No. Even if it's not a medical condition. It's their body, They do what they want to do with it. Althaught, I would say that parents who overfead their children and bring them to obesity is immoral. As parents are responsible for the health of their kids... To me overfeading is the same as underfeading.

Immoral? First we have to understand what moral means: From the dictionary: Moral: 1 a : of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior : ETHICAL <moral judgments> b : expressing or teaching a conception of right behavior <a moral poem> c : conforming to a standard of right behavior d : sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment <a moral obligation> e : capable of right and wrong action <a moral agent> ========================= We would be hard pressed to find obesity as being immoral since our society does not place obesity on a list of right and wrong. However unofficially people do judge others based upon their mass, making crude comments (fat jokes) or lumping together fat people into a stereotype such as "All fat people are gluttons" or "all fat people are lazy". These are not part of our "traditional" morality, not more than the oppression of other minorities (except homosexuals) is considered morally correct. The exception of homosexuality being a bible/religious belief that homosexuality is morally wrong. (not my personal belief). In countries where obesity is epidemic, such as the United States the problem arises where one is most likely to be a kettle calling the pot black. Meaning they would be pointing out their own transgression. Now we may be able to build a case for ethical reasons against obesity. Not in the United States, but in countries where social medicine means that all pay for the medical treatment the individual receives, thus the individuals has some ethical responsibilities to not be a burden upon his fellow citizens who are virtually paying for his/her obesity related illnesses/diseases. Although there is stress on the number of individuals who are obese that get related ills (diabetes, heart disease, stroke) there is a fairly sizable chunk of obese individuals who do not develop these ills. There is reasonable grounds to dismiss obesity as a cause for these ills considering that not only do we have a sizable chunk of obese people who do not develop these ills, but too we have a rather substantial chunk of the thin population who do develop these ills. People can get obese eating a proper well balanced diet many in fact do get obese or over weight eating properly. This has much to do with lack of exercise and/or genetics and/or the amount of food they eat. Many thin people eat badly, their diets consisting of mostly sugars and fats which lead to diseases like diabetes and heart disease. Due to these factors and others a "moral question" can not exist when it comes to the obese. There are many assumptions made about the obese and overweight which unfortunately can not be substantiated medically ans scientifically. Further there is just cause to view being "overweight" as being part and parcel of the human genome. Fat does/did serve a purpose for millions of years for survival - granted we no longer need excess fat to survive in many places on earth since food is abundant. Then there is stress related fat retention, middle age spread and a few other contenders which point at fat as serving purposes that we do not understand fully or have yet to explain in context of our modern age of plenty.

No it is not immoral. People should know when they had enought to eat, they don't need to SUPER size their meals. All foods should be no bigger then the palm of your hand. Adults can and should order the child size meals when they go out. And parents DON'T and STOP feeding your children junk all the time.

I consider it immoral to harm someone else. It's not immoral to harm yourself.

I can't believe the political correctness I'm seeing here. Of course obesity is immoral. See my article here: http://tinyurl.com/6e8vjk

I'm losing weight, but still heavy. I find judging others isn't the right thing to do. Everyone should worry about themselves, and not what others are doing.

Obesity cannot be determined moral or immoral because there is nothing right or wrong in question here.

if u ATE your way to obesity by making bad choices... then yes, at some level it IS immoral some of that extra foood you ate could've helped in africa and indonesia LOL :)

Gluttony, which leads to obesity, is one of the seven deadly sins. So indirectly, obesity is sinful.

Obesity is more of a consequence to poor choices, but it's not necessarily immoral.

No, of course not. Please also keep in mind that some people aren't obese just because of their actions or because of overeating. I have friends with severe thyroid problems, or other medical problems, which keep them from being able to maintain a healthy weight.

1) "Society as a whole views the obese population negatively. Along with the evidence that points to physical diseases and disabilities that can emanate from excessive weight (Bray, 2000), the reality is that the obese are ridiculed, insulted, and victimized on a daily basis (Lewis, Cash, Jacobi, & Bubb-Lewis, 1997). These actions and the nature of society in general can be counterproductive, because they unconsciously damage the self-confidence of the obese and their ability to lose or manage their weight." "Not only do the overweight and obese encounter physical health problems, they are also subject to an enormous amount of mental and emotional damage that society inflicts upon them. According to Cahnman (1968), obesity has been considered immoral and gluttonous in American society. In the United States, the obese are seen as contagious, and individuals believe that they could be contaminated by simple association with an obese person (Calmman, 1968). The obese are considered by some to be the last group of people that can he acceptably discriminated against (Falkner et al., 1999). In addition, many people enjoy fat jokes and the media's insulting portrayals of obese individuals." Source and further information: http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3103992/The-dilemmas-of-obesity-how.html Of course, those negative views on obesity are immoral. 2) "Children today can gain access to various types of technology. This technology, encourages then to be healthy, active and fit...not. In actual fact, it does the opposite. The rate of childhood obesity is ever rising, the current level of fast food marketing to children is immoral and manipulative. But does this spurr anyone into action, ha, think again. Marketers do not care about all the children the are causing to become obese, no, but sadly, care only about how much money they will make through their new scheme." "just parents teaching their children that pop-tarts are not good for you is a great step. I realize that childhood obesity raises CVD, diabetes and other costly and debilitating disease and it could be reduced through proper education and more physical exercise. Schools could aid the parents in educating the children about how the choices they make now could affect the rest of their life, and stop the decadence of the school lunches. My school personally sells cupcakes and ho-hos by the pallet, so they are financially resistant to this change, and with enough people, they could realize their mistake. Also, if there were more schools who emphasized physical education, just a few kids could benefit." Source and further information: http://www.change.org/changes/view/9 3) Last but not least, obesity could be partly self produced: too much eating and not enough exercise will make obesity worse. Is this suicide at rate immoral? I think that someone doing this rather needs help. On the other side, the social costs of curing those people are so great that society as a whole has to react. One possibility is to encourage alternative behaviours, such as eating less and doing exercise.

Immoral no, unhealthy yes, so is being underwieght but it's not immoral its a poor decision about your health

No, not if it is caused by a medical problem (problems with the thyroid etc.), such problems would be no fault of the person whatsoever. But if it is caused by overeating and lack of concern for well being, then yes, it is immoral. It is wrong to gorge yourself to the point where you are that large. It's one thing to be chubby, over-weight or even fat, but quite another to be obese. You have to eat incredible amounts of food and do nothing to use any of the energy. Isn't one of the seven deadly sins gluttony? And perhaps sloth? I think those might apply here.