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    For some small number of folks, obesity like this is a real, tough problem to fight because it is exacerbated by hormonal or other chemical imbalance of the body's systems.

    A couple of relatives on my mom's side come to mind.

    My great aunt Rita was 5' 6" and weighed in the neighborhood of 360#. She did finally decided to take a hold of the situation and lost 200#. Her personality turned nasty (the stereotype, jolly fat person gone [relatively] skinny and mean). Rita gained back 50# under her doctor's supervision and her personality went back to her old, happy self.

    My 2nd cousin John is about 5' 9" and is close to 400#. He has a thyroid deficiency, tried medication, but that nearly killed him.

    I'm 5' 8" and was 260# at my heaviest, after quitting the ciggies. I'm down to 220" after 10 years of trying. I'm hoping it isn't another 10 years for the next 40...

    Without information to the contrary, it seems that these folks in the news story are just plain fat slobs.
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    Office jobs could work for them.

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    Regardless, obesity is, in large measure, a problem caused by our wider society; these people are right in that its our societies responsibility to stop people from being obese and tha there should be healthcare to help them; however, they should also be expected to work to get that assistance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Curtis24 View Post
    Regardless, obesity is, in large measure, a problem caused by our wider society; these people are right in that its our societies responsibility to stop people from being obese and tha there should be healthcare to help them; however, they should also be expected to work to get that assistance.
    I agree, but I hate when people use obesity as an excuse. Obese people qualify for handicapped parking spaces here! I was behind one of those people in a grocery store line and saw their cart full of junk food.

    I don't mean to complain, but I have cold urticaria and being that I live in Canada, I think I should be more deserving of a handicapped parking space, especially considering this:

    Cold hives can result in a potentially serious, or even fatal, systemic reaction (anaphylactic shock). People with cold hives may have to carry an injectable form of epinephrine (like Epi-pen or Twinject) for use in the event of a serious reaction.

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    They be big.

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    With all that apathy and junk food, they probably suffer from depression, making it that much harder to get their fat ass up off the couch and go outside.

    And it's just tragic that they say that they'd like to eat better, but "don't know how". These people are the products (to avoid the word "victims") of an utterly lame and clueless society. *

    And yeah, please, some charitable soul, go to their house and a put a bullet through the idiot box.

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    * just to make sure I'm not misunderstood: I'm not saying England/Britain is lame, since we have people who have allowed themselves to sink this low everywhere in Western Europe now.

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