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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand the hormonal condition part---but honestly, 260?  How did you not notice way sooner?  Also, the food still has to go in to the kid to create the weight.

That said, most places are required to mention weight. They would do the same if your daughter was seriously underweight. [b]Most obesity-defending people don't understand just how much that excess weight affects every system in their body[/b]. [/quote]

Please do enlighten us ignorant fatties! Where did you get your medical degree, btw?

Newsflash: Most fat people know a hell of a lot about health and nutrition. We know we're fat. We know it's bad for us. We know what we need to do to lose weight. This is like saying that smokers just don't understand how bad smoking is for them -- otherwise they'd quit, obviously! [/i]It's not that simple![i] Whether someone's obesity is the result of a hormone disorder, a psychological problem, a food addiction, laziness, lack of self-control, etc., telling us repeatedly how fat and disgusting we are is not helpful!

I've said this on DCUM before -- 99.9% of obese people have tried, usually repeatedly, to lose weight. Less than 5% succeed for any substantial length of time. It is a constant struggle. If you are fortunate enough not to have this particular problem, why can't you be grateful and show some empathy? Do you really think obese people are sitting on the couch eating Snicker's bars all day while chortling evilly about how we're raising health care costs for all you responsible, virtuous, normal-weight people who will never have any health problems because you're doing everything right?

Citing "health concerns" is just a way to justify your bigotry. You don't actually care about my health, which is just fine, btw. Fat is not a freaking death sentence. Overweight (not obese) people live longer than thin people on average. Obesity leads to a [i]higher risk[/i] of health problems like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, and diabetes -- conditions that may shorten the life span if untreated. A lot of normal-weight people have these conditions. A lot of obese people don't. They're treatable, but only if the patient is not too ashamed to visit a doctor.

If you admit you're not concerned for my health, just your health care costs, think of the much higher costs you [i]won't[/i] have to shell out for me in Medicare and Social Security because I'm apparently way too sick to make it to old age.
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