Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Can every stop posting their anecdotes about family members? It clearly says 80% are due to poor lifestyle choices. That leaves 20%. We don’t need to post about each of the people in that 20%.
You’re missing the point. When “individual responsibility” rhetoric is deployed against that 80%, it’s going to hit us in the 20% as well.
Anonymous wrote:Can every stop posting their anecdotes about family members? It clearly says 80% are due to poor lifestyle choices. That leaves 20%. We don’t need to post about each of the people in that 20%.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tell that to my mother with Multiple Sclerosis.
Or myself, with Grave's disease.
I understand you mean certain types of diabetes, most cardiovascular diseases, etc. We all know that.
Just don't go dumping on innocent people who lead healthy lives and still get the short end of the stick.
This.
Tell that my SIL who died of ovarian cancer at 45. Well, that's too late now but, fwiw, she was loaded and oh, so 'health-conscious'.
You are an idiot, OP and don't even know it.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Tell that to my mother with Multiple Sclerosis.
Or myself, with Grave's disease.
I understand you mean certain types of diabetes, most cardiovascular diseases, etc. We all know that.
Just don't go dumping on innocent people who lead healthy lives and still get the short end of the stick.
This.
Tell that my SIL who died of ovarian cancer at 45. Well, that's too late now but, fwiw, she was loaded and oh, so 'health-conscious'.
You are an idiot, OP and don't even know it.
Anonymous wrote:Tell that to my mother with Multiple Sclerosis.
Or myself, with Grave's disease.
I understand you mean certain types of diabetes, most cardiovascular diseases, etc. We all know that.
Just don't go dumping on innocent people who lead healthy lives and still get the short end of the stick.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:But what causes poor lifestyle choices? Poverty, ignorance, addictions, etc., not so easy to change.
+1 As an affluent, educated person who is has not gotten into an exercise routine since having kids, I would add: accessible healthcare, accessible childcare, jobs that allow for work life balance…
Anonymous wrote:Tell that to my mother with Multiple Sclerosis.
Or myself, with Grave's disease.
I understand you mean certain types of diabetes, most cardiovascular diseases, etc. We all know that.
Just don't go dumping on innocent people who lead healthy lives and still get the short end of the stick.
Anonymous wrote:Tell that to my mother with Multiple Sclerosis.
Or myself, with Grave's disease.
I understand you mean certain types of diabetes, most cardiovascular diseases, etc. We all know that.
Just don't go dumping on innocent people who lead healthy lives and still get the short end of the stick.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Chronic auto immune diseases are not caused by poor lifestyle choices...
I have IBD and our care costs a fraction of the healthcare costs. ITA with the OP - the metabolic syndrome is driving up the costs. Obesity, diabetes 2, high blood pressure and cholesterol.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:But what causes poor lifestyle choices? Poverty, ignorance, addictions, etc., not so easy to change.
+1 As an affluent, educated person who is has not gotten into an exercise routine since having kids, I would add: accessible healthcare, accessible childcare, jobs that allow for work life balance…