What Would You Do About Fatties?

[Dr Grump]

Maybe Allie and Dread could answer the question objectively.They are the only DEFINITE fatties I know on the board. So come on Tubbies - are you women (I use the term loosely) fat due to genetic reasons, or are you just lazy fat slappers who eat too much and don't exercise?

 

[Gunny]

http://www.health-insurance.org/obesity?source=google

When you or a family member goes to apply for health insurance through a particular insurance company you may find that you are met with some roadblocks. These roadblocks can accumulate if you have other pre-existing conditions or live a lifestyle which is seen as less than desirable by the insurance company. Since obesity has been linked to other illnesses such as certain cancers, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, insurers look upon this trait as being something to be wary of when issuing insurance. In turn, the insurance company will often deny covering you at all or offer coverage but at a rate which is high when compared to those who obtain coverage and are not obese.

Relative to the topic of "universal health care," that'a a nonplayer. As far as what you address is concerned, there is still empoyee downtime, a loss employers/owners either eat or pass on to the consumers. I haven't noticed anyone "eating" anything lately.

And currently, obese people who are not insured but cannot be denied more frequent medical treatment are absorbed by those who actually pay for insurance.

I used the term "taxpayer" but that is not quite right. "Consumer" fits better.

 

[Gunny]

Maybe we shouldn't let them reproduce.

I sometimes look at them and wonder how they pull it off, but never get far because such thinking causes nausea.

 

[Gunny]

Zackly, what if they live next door to Shog?

This is a question? Shogun would be at the fence to greet them with a "daily" ....

 

[AllieBaba]

Maybe Allie and Dread could answer the question objectively.They are the only DEFINITE fatties I know on the board. So come on Tubbies - are you women (I use the term loosely) fat due to genetic reasons, or are you just lazy fat slappers who eat too much and don't exercise?

Broken foot, broken face and terrible miscarriage resulted in my putting on poundage.

Never fear, it shall come off. So quit including me in your sick fattie fantasies. It seems you think of it much more than I do.

I'll bet I could still travel further and faster than you could in a day, dork.

 

[Dr Grump]

Broken foot, broken face and terrible miscarriage resulted in my putting on poundage.

Never fear, it shall come off. So quit including me in your sick fattie fantasies. It seems you think of it much more than I do.

I'll bet I could still travel further and faster than you could in a day, dork.

Nice excuses......

Yeah, but I do my exercise by walking, not riding a horse...

 

[roomy]

I lift weights and walk a lot, I am allowed lots of food, if I didn't do such things I expect I would be morbidly obese, infact according to my BMI, I am

 

[William Joyce]

this just in:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2008/05/what-shall-we-b.html

That pesky obesity thing. First it forced Disneyland to increase the sizes of its theme-park costumes, and hospitals to buy larger hoists and beds. Now, in a letter published Friday in the medical journal Lancet, two scientists write that obese people are disproportionately responsible for high food prices and greenhouse gas emissions because they consume 18% more food energy due to their greater body mass -- and require increased quantities of fuel to transport themselves and the food they eat. "Promotion of a normal distribution of BMI would reduce the global demand for, and thus the price of, food," write the authors, Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts of the evocatively named London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

 

[bennylava]

It's a public health issue and should be treated as such.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

It's a public health issue and should be treated as such.

As long as we have guns your desire to turn the US into a Government womb and Nanny State is not going to happen.

 

[namvet]

Mississippi Pols Seek To Ban Fat People

It does not seem likely that a bill introduced by Mississippi legislators designed to penalize restaurants for serving obese people will pass. But I have to wonder where the incentive to introduce such a thing comes from. It seems like such a weird idea.

Unlike bans on smoking in public places that actually protect those who have chosen not to smoke from becoming ill via second hand smoke, a ban like this would protect no one and punish everyone involved.

Large Louisiana men claim restaurant banned them because they a...
HOUMA, La. A 265-pound man says a restaurant overcharged him for his trips to the buffet, then banned him and a relative because of how much they consumed during their visits.

well.................

 

[Shattered]

I lift weights and walk a lot, I am allowed lots of food, if I didn't do such things I expect I would be morbidly obese, infact according to my BMI, I am

Put the beer down, and that gut will go away in no time.

 

[roomy]

Put the beer down, and that gut will go away in no time.

No way, are you mad?

 

[Shattered]

No way, are you mad?

I'm just sayin...

 

[Paulie]

well riding him is like riding a jackhammer. I expect . . . to be pounded away posthaste.

 

[William Joyce]

AND NOW,

Airlines are going to charge passengers by weight.

Makes sense to me.

http://www.onebigdog.net/airlines-to-charge-for-passenger-weight/

 

[roomy]

I think I would probably gather all the fatties together, kill them humanely, dice them up and bake them in pies and then feed them to all the skinnies.

 

[Dirt McGirt]

I think I would probably gather all the fatties together, kill them humanely, dice them up and bake them in pies and then feed them to all the skinnies.

Too many Titus Andronicus and Sweeney Todd bedtime stories when you were little, ya crazy Brit.

 

[My Winter Storm]

Obviously, we cannot force these people to lose weight. I do wish we could prevent them from entering certain establishments, though - such as McDonalds.

I work at McDonalds, and over half of our customers are eithor bordering on, or are, morbidly obese. I often wonder what would happen if someone were to suffer a heart attack in our store - would they blame us for serving them? Thankfully, I do not live in the US, or else I would be concerned about a lawsuit.

I would much prefer these people pay for their own medical treatment. Over here in Australia, those who have Private Health Insurance pay for their own medical treatment out of the payments they make each year - about $100, if memory serves me correctly.
Those on the Public Health Care System do not pay for their medical treatment - the taxpayer does.

Those obese people who are on the Public Health Care System should be made to pay their own health care, in my opinion.
For one, they are at higher risk than 'healthy' people. There is more chance of an obese person suffering a heart attack than a healthy person, for example, due to the massive pressure on the heart. There is an increased risk of the patient dying on the operating table because of their weight, and also a longer recovery period. This doesn't extend to obese people only, though - it extends to smokers, too.

Those people who chose a lifestyle which directly causes harm to their bodies should pay for their own medical treatment. If this were put into action, it might persuade people to adopt a healthier lifestyle.

 

[William Joyce]

I would much prefer these people pay for their own medical treatment.

I think we need a system that reins in the distributionary aspect of health care payment. That is, I don't expect a 90-year-old or a baby to be able to pay for their health care, but costs should be sent to families as much as possible. Pure socialism here is a bad idea. As it stands, when you pay your health insurance, you are to some extent subsidizing people who don't take care of their health.