I used to smoke and had a unique way of quitting. I was ten years old and used to buy cigs and smoke about a pack a day... big shot George. I actually quit smoking after my mother caught my brother smoking when I was was 10 and a half.
Originally posted by laineybug
...that if a person was more that 30? pounds overweight that there was a huge probablility that there was a medical condition impacting their weight. And the sad thing is that most doctors are biased against overweight individuals in the same way you are.
Let me make sure I understand, some new and mystical medical affliction has suddently descended on mostly Americans in the past 30 years but not on other industrialized countries. We've done a heck of a job quarantining the fat epidemic to just our borders.
There are certainly those who are obese due to medical conditions but not the 33% of tubby Americans have this. I do not understand why we are allowed to discriminate against smokers on medical policies but not against fat people? Both are (mostly) self induced conditions with equally bad medical consequences. What about a fat smoker?
My wife and my best friend's wife are on thyroid medication but they were never fat. You shouldn't generalize based on soley your experiences.
Originally posted by laineybug
...that if a person was more that 30? pounds overweight that there was a huge probablility that there was a medical condition impacting their weight. And the sad thing is that most doctors are biased against overweight individuals in the same way you are.
Let me make sure I understand, some new and mystical medical affliction has suddently descended on mostly Americans in the past 30 years but not on other industrialized countries. We've done a heck of a job quarantining the fat epidemic to just our borders.
There are certainly those who are obese due to medical conditions but not the 33% of tubby Americans have this. I do not understand why we are allowed to discriminate against smokers on medical policies but not against fat people? Both are (mostly) self induced conditions with equally bad medical consequences. What about a fat smoker?
My wife and my best friend's wife are on thyroid medication but they were never fat. You shouldn't generalize based on soley your experiences.
