Obesity by Dr. House

I don’t normally watch “House.” In fact, last Monday night was the first time I ever finished one episode. And the episode was about obesity. Photo from www.tvguide.com

Yes, we see of them around our lives and often, they are depicted on TV and movies in ways not favorable to obese people. Sometimes, made out of fun. But obbesity is a serious concern.

In “House,” the episode entitled “Que Sera Sera” begins as firemen rescue a 600 plus pound obese person. He is reported dead until he farts and the firemen learn he alive and bring him to the hospital. Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) doesn’t give up on the patient until he discovers “clubbed” fingers which was a sign of a lung cancer.

High Laurie has received the 2006 and 2007 Golden Globe Awards and 2007 Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor in a Drama. The show was renewed for a fourth season.

House’s “diagnostocians” team, led by Dr. Allison Cameron (played by Jennifer Morrison) desperately try to find out the reasons for his coma, even against his own wishes. He maintains nothing is wrong with him, except that he is fat. One of the young doctors argue treatment on the obese patient, saying, “he got himself in that situation.” Cast photo from Fox.

Although obesity is an individual clinical condition, it is increasingly viewed as a serious and growing public health problem. Jay Leno often makes jokes about how Americans eat their way to obesity because of junk food.

We know that excessive body weight has been shown to predispose to various diseases, from diabetes to cardiovascular diseases.

Remember that exercise with a balanced diet help maintain good health.