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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a PP mentioned, I generally view obesity along the lines of smoking or abusing alcohol. With some exceptions, it's a problem that people [b]have more control over than other health issues[/b] but it costs everyone paying for health insurance a lot of $$ so I can see why people who do make the effort to exercise, eat healthy, etc may not look highly on those who don't.

My ILs, for example, were both obese- ate horribly for years and lived very sedentary lives. Two years one of them had a very expensive (for insurance) major health problem and almost died. They were pretty much scared straight because the dr told them the IL would certainly die if they didn't change this lifestyle, and within months of this they had both lost massive amounts of weight just by walking and eating more normally. To their credit they have kept the weight off but they ignored doctors for years and this problem was completely avoidable so it's hard to be overly sympathetic. [/quote]

Unfortunately this isn’t true.[/quote]

You can keep repeating this all you want, it doesn’t make it true.[/quote]

DP.  List the programs with good long-term success rates or you’re just wrong.  And yes, I will keep asking this question of anyone who claims long-term sustained weight loss is no big deal but doesn’t provide evidence to back that up. [/quote]

The fact that people choose not to lose weight doesn’t mean it’s not controllable. It is hard so most people choose not to. If you put an overweight weight person in a controlled environment, they will lose the weight 99% of the time. [/quote]

+1000[/quote]

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