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Geneva-Obesity contributes to global warming, too.
Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says.
This adds to food shortages and higher energy prices, the school's researchers Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts write today in the journal Lancet.
"Promotion of a normal (weight) would reduce the global demand for, and thus the price of, food," they wrote. -Reuters
Says something about self responsibility, I'd imagine....
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Fuck fat people. I have no sympathy for them. They are fat due to their own actions.
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Fuck fat people. I have no sympathy for them. They are fat due to their own actions.
Well, I wouldn't say "F--- them,"-but, yes....you get the point, webcke.
"You are a product of your own actions..."
This could be a viable argument (Albeit a luke warm one) for spiraling gas prices.
If you see a corpulent citizen who is driving a road hogging SUV and they are crying about gas prices...well....you see the point.... :-\
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What about bodybuilders and their toy-trucks?
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I support a fat tax. Any jeans or pants about a size 34 should cost twice as much!
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perma bulkers
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Bbers consume far more food than is required.
They are contributing to a global food shortage.
However, we don't care much.
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What about bodybuilders and their toy-trucks?
The argument can be made ala what the researchers regarding as 'overweightedness'....if you are too heavy, even with muscle, you could be a culprit.
But I would not condemn bb's...they are goal driven...and lean mass is healthy, and so on and so forth.
As for their toy trucks....well...not just bb's drive these compensatory vehicles.
Total piss-off of money, IMO.
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I support a fat tax. Any jeans or pants about a size 34 should cost twice as much!
i vote for that, fat people are the scum of the earth
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However, we don't care much.
Speak for yourself Rob! I hate "offseason" BBers!" There lack of will.......
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i vote for that, fat people are the scum of the earth
When I hear about people being murdered the first thing I ask is how much they weighed, if they were sub-200, I always think what a shame.
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What about bodybuilders and their toy-trucks?
I think there are far more fat people in the world than there are bb'ers...
Bbers consume far more food than is required.
They are contributing to a global food shortage.
However, we don't care much.
see above...
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hahaha yes 240 and his obsession with putting on weight to become 240 pounds
took a while before he realized what time it was !!!
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I support a fat tax. Any jeans or pants about a size 34 should cost twice as much!
A famous psychologist here at Yale proposed a 'Fat Tax' some years ago.
Very sound idea...but he caught all the flak in the world over it.
He felt, if you buy cheese, there'd be a 10% tax on doing so.
I thought it was a great idea...just like the tax on tobacco
I don't like the size 34 deal...I hav a pretty good gut myself right now!
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When I hear about people being murdered the first thing I ask is how much they weighed, if they were sub-200, I always think what a shame.
Are you serious???
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Are you serious???
Of course not, I was following the theme of the thread. I hate fat people though!
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hahaha yes 240 and his obsession with putting on weight to become 240 pounds
took a while before he realized what time it was !!!
What time WAS it?
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Of course not, I was following the theme of the thread. I hate fat people though!
Oh...I see. There are some nice fat folks.
Maybe you hate the laziness and sloth associated with being overweight.
I always say:
"I don't hate YOU...I hate what you DO..."
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Are you serious???
of course he doesnt mean it but fat people dont make us feel bad when something bad happens to them
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Nothing is worse than a fat bitch with confidence >:(
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of course he doesnt mean it but fat people dont make us feel bad when something bad happens to them
I understand...but you know nobody can MAKE you feel anyway about anything. There are internal mechanisms to control your feelings.
There sloth is nearly always their own doings.
As far as complaining about movie house and airline seats being too small, etc., I feel they should pay extra.
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Nothing is worse than a fat bitch with confidence >:(
That is often a control issue.
They ACT confident. They like to portray that they are in control.
But, in actuality, they are not.
In fact, most times, the very fact that Fats think they are 'all that', or whatever, belies what they really feel inside.
That they are not in control.
I must say, if I am watching , let's say, a financial channel, and they have an 'expert' on who maybe is extremely successful in his or her field, and they are obese...
...Then I don't believe their success.
THEY don't believe their own success.
True success comes with comfort...and the successful endeavor provides the comfort and well being.
Overweights usually seek their success and comfort through overeating.
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But I would not condemn bb's...they are goal driven...and lean mass is healthy, and so on and so forth.
Some would say the heart can't tell the difference between 300 pounds of muscle and 300 pounds of fat.
It has to work just as hard.
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Nothing is worse than a fat bitch with confidence >:(
Webcke, please dont get me started bro, please, i know a bitch like this, claims she goes out and she turns guys away, and she's looking for a rich, fit, dark, handsome man, hahahah shes 4'11 red complexion, eats a packet of chips with her bacon sandwich daily, washes it down with pepsi..not pepsi max..pepsi
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Some would say the heart can't tell the difference between 300 pounds of muscle and 300 pounds of fat.
It has to work just as hard.
That is VERY true.
The heart does not care...resistance is resistance.
Its why guys like Ronnie...at 44...should REALLY consider getting down to 210 or so.
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Webcke, please dont get me started bro, please, i know a bitch like this, claims she goes out and she turns guys away, and she's looking for a rich, fit, dark, handsome man, hahahah shes 4'11 red complexion, eats a packet of chips with her bacon sandwich daily, washes it down with pepsi..not pepsi max..pepsi
Well...if she really BELIEVES this is going to happen for here...she is...how you guys say here..."Delusional"... :D
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Some would say the heart can't tell the difference between 300 pounds of muscle and 300 pounds of fat.
It has to work just as hard.
I laugh at 300 pound BBers worse than I do at fat people. They actually had to work hard to look like total shit and be totally unattractive to the ladies! ;D The fat asses at least enjoyed themselves watching TV, eating, playing videogames etc.
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Well...if she really BELIEVES this is going to happen for here...she is...how you guys say here..."Delusional"... :D
and shes 36! it just aint gonna happens
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That is VERY true.
The heart does not care...resistance is resistance.
Its why guys like Ronnie...at 44...should REALLY consider getting down to 210 or so.
Ronnie was 210 pounds in thos pictures of him playing football his senior year. I'd say 230 is a safe starter goal. that belly aint' going away.
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Webcke, please dont get me started bro, please, i know a bitch like this, claims she goes out and she turns guys away, and she's looking for a rich, fit, dark, handsome man, hahahah shes 4'11 red complexion, eats a packet of chips with her bacon sandwich daily, washes it down with pepsi..not pepsi max..pepsi
yeah, it's the pig-fugly ones like that who are the most choosy too. They don't settle for another short porker like themselves. They talk about how no guy is good enough, etc etc. Delusional.
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yeah, it's the pig-fugly ones like that who are the most choosy too. They don't settle for another short porker like themselves. They talk about how no guy is good enough, etc etc. Delusional.
the fat hog reads the celeb magazines every monday, "oh my god clooney is so hot, i want that in my life" "jeremy piven is my husband" nah bitch, your a fat bitch, a diabetes case-about-to-happen, hell the Bus drivers wouldnt even fuck her..yuck what a filthy thought
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the fat hog reads the celeb magazines every monday, "oh my god clooney is so hot, i want that in my life" "jeremy piven is my husband" nah bitch, your a fat bitch, a diabetes case-about-to-happen, hell the Bus drivers wouldnt even fuck her..yuck what a filthy thought
Everyone really should just choose to be happy TODAY.
If amazing fortune smiles upon you, then hooray!
If not, its just great to wake up every day, anyhow.
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Geneva? GLOBAL WARMING from fat people?
Hahaha oh brother, what else!!
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Their lack of willpower sickens me! >:(
We must build ze fatcentration camps!
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The first thing we should do is assassinate their leader and spokesman:
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The first thing we should do is assassinate their leader and spokesman:
;D
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That is often a control issue.
They ACT confident. They like to portray that they are in control.
But, in actuality, they are not.
In fact, most times, the very fact that Fats think they are 'all that', or whatever, belies what they really feel inside.
That they are not in control.
I must say, if I am watching , let's say, a financial channel, and they have an 'expert' on who maybe is extremely successful in his or her field, and they are obese...
...Then I don't believe their success.
THEY don't believe their own success.
True success comes with comfort...and the successful endeavor provides the comfort and well being.
Overweights usually seek their success and comfort through overeating.
Is this how you feel ? hha j/k
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Is this how you feel ? hha j/k
I am overweight now, but not how I feel
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Clearly most people in the developed world cant handle to eat just right for normal weight. There is no way around it and it is only getting worse.
I'm fairly certain in a not to distant future the solution will be food will be available on prescription only by a doctor that can determine how much you need for optimal health. Money will not buy the food only the document that your doctor lets you have.
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Clearly most people in the developed world cant handle to eat just right for normal weight. There is no way around it and it is only getting worse.
I'm fairly certain in a not to distant future the solution will be food will be available on prescription only by a doctor that can determine how much you need for optimal health. Money will not buy the food only the document that your doctor lets you have.
Rami, that is unlikely
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I'm fairly certain in a not to distant future the solution will be food will be available on prescription only by a doctor that can determine how much you need for optimal health. Money will not buy the food only the document that your doctor lets you have.
If that happens I'm buying a farm and ranch and I'll raise it myself. >:(
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I'd bet on a definite 'fat tax' in the future...either on the food you buy, or on your own physicality, or both
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I'd bet on a definite 'fat tax' in the future...either on the food you buy, or on your own physicality, or both
As long as they don't tax fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, and fish I'm fine with it.
I can't see taxing people directly on their weight. Making people report to a government doctor to be weighed is a bit too totalitarian even for this government.
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Currently, at least 50% (not sure exactly what the number is?) of the U.S.A. is overweight/obese. With food, fuel, and electricity prices at all time highs, what will these costs be a year from now? These people need to stop eating and start exercising? They eat all the time, drive everywhere, and use large amounts of heat/ac depending on their climate. Ultimately, as the demand increases so do the prices. Those extra costs will be passed on to everybody else to help pay their way and support their chosen lifestyle.
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As long as they don't tax fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, and fish I'm fine with it.
I can't see taxing people directly on their weight. Making people report to a government doctor to be weighed is a bit too totalitarian even for this government.
Kelley Brownell, PhD, Yale Psychologist, proposed a fat tax years ago on cheeses and other fatty foods.
This will likely happen, as soon as tobacco is no longer the rage, and the powers turn their sights onto the fast food industry.
Note how MacDonald's et all push their 'helthy menus' and all now.
They are just preparing for the coming onslaught
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Currently, at least 50% (not sure exactly what the number is?) of the U.S.A. is overweight/obese. With food, fuel, and electricity prices at all time highs, what will these costs be a year from now? These people need to stop eating and start exercising? They eat all the time, drive everywhere, and use large amounts of heat/ac depending on their climate. Ultimately, as the demand increases so do the prices. Those extra costs will be passed on to everybody else to help pay their way and support their chosen lifestyle.
Ireland=currently fattest nation in the world.
And in nice weather, I ride my Segway nearly more than my car
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Currently, at least 50% (not sure exactly what the number is?) of the U.S.A. is overweight/obese. With food, fuel, and electricity prices at all time highs, what will these costs be a year from now? These people need to stop eating and start exercising? They eat all the time, drive everywhere, and use large amounts of heat/ac depending on their climate. Ultimately, as the demand increases so do the prices. Those extra costs will be passed on to everybody else to help pay their way and support their chosen lifestyle.
Electricity is produced by coal, natural gas, and nuclear. We have shitloads of that, especially coal.
Food costs are going up in part because of the rising cost of diesel fuel required to transport and produce it, and in the case of grain, diversion of crops to produce ethanol, the most bone-headed attempt at alternative energy ever seen. Oil is the real issue, not people eating too much.
As far as the "drive everywhere" comment, unless you live in a high-density downtown area (most of us don't), driving is the only option. "Fuel conservation" is not the answer and will never be the answer. What we need is an alternative to oil. That alternative will ultimately be electricity, probably electricity used to produce hydrogen from water, but possibly some battery-driven commuter vehicles as well. We can produce this electricity from our abundant domestic coal supplies, or if we want to be enviornmentally-friendly/ zero-emmission we can build more nuclear plants (which will be where we end up anyway, since at some point the coal will run out too, but not in our lifetimes or our grandchildren's for that matter).
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Shitloads of natural gas? My gas bill is increasing 20% starting 07/01/08. The price of natural gas is directly affected by the price of crude oil.
Food costs are going up because of fatties, rising production costs, transportation costs, and the great ethanol/corn idea that farmers are cashing in on now.
Using electricity as an oil alternative will only increase the demand/price of electricity itself, another cost.
The world is truly fucked.
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Shitloads of natural gas? My gas bill is increasing 20% starting 07/01/08. The price of natural gas is directly affected by the price of crude oil.
Food costs are going up because of fatties, rising production costs, transportation costs, and the great ethanol/corn idea that farmers are cashing in on now.
Using electricity as an oil alternative will only increase the demand/price of electricity itself, another cost.
The world is truly fucked.
No, not fucked.
Self-responsibility can still save the day.
Get rid of SUV's, Starbuck's Lattes, every possible type of BS I-Phone, and many other forms of sloth, and you'd see surplusses in many of the areas you mentioned as weaknesses.
Be more positive.
Get that bee out of your bonnet!
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Shitloads of natural gas? My gas bill is increasing 20% starting 07/01/08. The price of natural gas is directly affected by the price of crude oil.
Food costs are going up because of fatties, rising production costs, transportation costs, and the great ethanol/corn idea that farmers are cashing in on now.
Using electricity as an oil alternative will only increase the demand/price of electricity itself, another cost.
The world is truly fucked.
Did you read my post? The supply of electricity is limitless. Coal could last centuries, and nuclear could last practically forever.
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If self-responsibility is up to a society that consists of over 50% fat people, the healthy people will always be paying extra costs because of their lifestyle choices. A surplus can only be created if the demand is reduced. Do you honestly think that these people are willing to stop driving and start walking, let alone join a gym and watch their diets?
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Self-responsibility can still save the day.
Get rid of SUV's, Starbuck's Lattes, every possible type of BS I-Phone, and many other forms of sloth, and you'd see surplusses in many of the areas you mentioned as weaknesses.
What you suggest is like trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon, and is not the answer. People will not sacrifice anyway. But the good news is if we act quickly enough, they won't have to... start building more nuclear plants, start developing hydrogen infrastructure, and get the fuel-cell vehicles on the assembly lines and everything will be fine.
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A surplus can only be created if the demand is reduced.
Or if supply is increased. You're forgetting half the equation.
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What you suggest is like trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon, and is not the answer. People will not sacrifice anyway. But the good news is if we act quickly enough, they won't have to... start building more nuclear plants, start developing hydrogen infrastructure, and get the fuel-cell vehicles on the assembly lines and everything will be fine.
Or we could just get rid of the fatties.
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What you suggest is like trying to empty the ocean with a teaspoon, and is not the answer. People will not sacrifice anyway. But the good news is if we act quickly enough, they won't have to... start building more nuclear plants, start developing hydrogen infrastructure, and get the fuel-cell vehicles on the assembly lines and everything will be fine.
Yes...but you know we have not had a new refinery built here since 1971...dems refuse to drill in Gulf of Mexico, or Alaska for that matter.....
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Or we could just get rid of the fatties.
I'm all in favor of getting rid of fatties... their lack of willpower sickens me! >:( But our energy issues need to be solved anyway, and transitioning off of oil is the only way to do that. As an added bonus, doing this will wipe out 1/3 of our trade deficit (no more imported oil) and get us out of the middle east for good.
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I'm all in favor of getting rid of fatties... their lack of willpower sickens me! >:( But our energy issues need to be solved anyway, and transitioning off of oil is the only way to do that. As an added bonus, doing this will wipe out 1/3 of our trade deficit (no more imported oil) and get us out of the middle east for good.
If everyone who had to got closer to ideal bodyfat/wt...we'd eradicate most of the federal healthcare deficit!
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I'm all in favor of getting rid of fatties... their lack of willpower sickens me! >:( But our energy issues need to be solved anyway, and transitioning off of oil is the only way to do that. As an added bonus, doing this will wipe out 1/3 of our trade deficit (no more imported oil) and get us out of the middle east for good.
GB...you do know where much of the middle east's FOOD supply comes from, don't you? ;)....things the media doesn't like to tell ya
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Bbers consume far more food than is required.
They are contributing to a global food shortage.
However, we don't care much.
nevermind the fact that cattle flatulence is a greater contributor then the difference of a few gallons of gasoline to global warming
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Yes...but you know we have not had a new refinery built here since 1971...dems refuse to drill in Gulf of Mexico, or Alaska for that matter.....
True. What I'm talking about is the long-term solution... where we need to go to solve this once and for all, but the logistics will take decades. In the short term, we should be sinking wells in ANWR, offsore on the coasts, and anywhere else oil can be had domestically, as well as increasing refining capacity. We should also be pressing the automakers to put out plug-in hybrids: cars with electric primary drives that also have gasoline or diesel engines to keep the batteries charged on trips longer than what the batteries will allow. The technology exists today, and this could drastically reduce our usage while waiting for the hydrogen infrastructure to be laid down.
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GB...you do know where much of the middle east's FOOD supply comes from, don't you? ;)....things the media doesn't like to tell ya
They can still buy food from us, but they'll have to spend less on those fancy tall buildings in Dubai, return some of the accumulated wealth they've gotten from us over the decades, and put some of their people to work in factories sending us some of the cheap schlock we buy from China now.
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They can still buy food from us, but they'll have to spend less on those fancy tall buildings in Dubai, return some of the accumulated wealth they've gotten from us over the decades, and put some of their people to work in factories sending us some of the cheap schlock we buy from China now.
Indeed.
Imagine the morass they will truly be in if and when , in the next 20-30 years, we no longer need their oil.
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Indeed.
Imagine the morass they will truly be in if and when , in the next 20-30 years, we no longer need their oil.
Just because we won't be buying their oil doesn't mean no one will. The scenario will probably go more like this: we send them food, they send the Chinese oil, and the Chinese send us more cheap shit.
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Just because we won't be buying their oil doesn't mean no one will. The scenario will probably go more like this: we send them food, they send the Chinese oil, and the Chinese send us more cheap shit.
F--- China.
I am suing some Chinese currently.
I know...kinda off topic there....
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I don't know anyones age here, nor do I care. Just to give you an idea from my point of view. I can remember being in school say ages 7-13 and having one or two "fat kids" in my class. Just imagine now, over half of those classes are filled with "fat kids". It kind of puts things in perspective as to how bad things are, doesn't it?
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I don't know anyones age here, nor do I care. Just to give you an idea from my point of view. I can remember being in school say ages 7-13 and having one or two "fat kids" in my class. Just imagine now, over half of those classes are filled with "fat kids". It kind of puts things in perspective as to how bad things are, doesn't it?
Very, very true.
We'd always have one fat kid...by the end of the year, he'd be skinny.
Now, statistics say that if you are fat as a child, its much less likely that he/she will ever 'grow out of it'
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Very, very true.
We'd always have one fat kid...by the end of the year, he'd be skinny.
Now, statistics say that if you are fat as a child, its much less likely that he/she will ever 'grow out of it'
Imagine the health problems those kids will have when they hit their teen's/early 20's and the impact it will have on the health care systems?
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Imagine the health problems those kids will have when they hit their teen's/early 20's and the impact it will have on the health care systems?
Bruff...I had a 15 year old patient who weighed 505 pounds.
Depressed...all kinds of horrible problems.
He'd be taken into my clinic by his 'grandmama...'
Well, I wanted to speak to his mother...he needed serious intervention...the likes of which I could not provide.
So she gave me his mama's work number.
I called her and implored that her kid needed help.
But she was too busy "working her job at Toys-R-Us".
So I called DCF on her, and she was relinquished of her custody of him.
Dirtbag of a mother.
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Imagine the health problems those kids will have when they hit their teen's/early 20's and the impact it will have on the health care systems?
Diabetes and related issues will be the real cost here. If fat people end up dying of heart attacks at 55 instead of staying thin and getting cancer or Alzheimer's at 70, it would actually end up saving us money.
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Diabetes and related issues will be the real cost here. If fat people end up dying of heart attacks at 55 instead of staying thin and getting cancer or Alzheimer's at 70, it would actually end up saving us money.
Yes...it sounds horrible...but GB is correct.
Survival of the fittest.
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I don't know which country you live in; but, here the health care is "free". When I started responding to this thread it made me think of the health issues that are caused by somebody overweight. If you want to live a shitty lifestyle then so be it; but, don't expect me to pay for it.
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I don't know which country you live in; but, here the health care is "free".
There's no such thing as a free lunch. You pay for it in the form of taxes, we pay for it in the form of insurance premiums.
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There's no such thing as a free lunch. You pay for it in the form of taxes, we pay for it in the form of insurance premiums.
Hence the "free" part. I am taxed out the wazoo.
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There's no such thing as a free lunch. You pay for it in the form of taxes, we pay for it in the form of insurance premiums.
Yeah...these foreigners never cease to make me laugh with all of this "Free" shit they boast about.
Crappy, low quality, "Lucky if you awaken from anesthesia" health "care";
Taxed at up to 70% in some countries
And they take three hour lunches.
Real productivity, we are talking here.
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Yeah...these foreigners never cease to make me laugh with all of this "Free" shit they boast about.
Crappy, low quality, "Lucky if you awaken from anesthesia" health "care";
Taxed at up to 70% in some countries
And they take three hour lunches.
Real productivity, we are talking here.
"Free" in quotes means sarcasm and the link to taxes. Sorry you didn't catch that one.
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All things being equal, fat people use more soap.
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"Free" in quotes means sarcasm and the link to taxes. Sorry you didn't catch that one.
You are right.
I missed that. Sorry.
Still, if you need surgery, you are welcome here in "New England Journal of Medicine " country :)
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All things being equal, fat people use more soap.
So that's what is draining the water supplies.
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All things being equal, fat people use more soap.
Who uses more soap... a fattie showering once per day (or less), or a regular exerciser who showers twice a day?
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Who uses more soap... a fattie showering once per day (or less), or a regular exerciser who showers twice a day?
I wonder:
Should you walk throiugh the rain, or run?
Walking...get hit with drops
Running...fatser but get hit with more drops in shorter time span.
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