Any Thoughts Or Opinion

[nicebloke1]

3.000 hospital admissions per day of obesity related problems. More than 3 times smoking related.

[Redhelen72]

More information needed.

[JinnyJoan]

I worked in DLA DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE FOR SOME YEARS - sorry for caps.  Anyway I knew this girl who worked for the appeal section and she told me if she found the person was obesity - she refused the appeal/ie payment.  She said she/he should lose weight.  I did think it rather unkind of her.

[THECORBYLOON]

A link, 

https://archive.ph/Uk1LU

[nicebloke1]

Thats the info given on many news channels this morning. Its really plain enough I would think. Obesity is what it is.

[nicebloke1]

11.17 many thanks for link.

[Redhelen72]

No nicebloke - obesity is what it is! is not always the case!

Corby thanks for the link - a quick (very quick read of it) it seems to be illness that can also affect those of a healthy weight - so I would really like to see how the break it down to the obesity model.

Jinnyjoan - how many years ago was that - attitudes thank goodness have hopefully changed.

[Old_Geezer]

But is it the cause as appears to be implied, or a second symptom of the actual cause ?

[naomi24]

//Obesity is exacerbating illness or complicating the treatment of people ranging from expectant mothers to patients with arthritis and cancer. //

 

That says it all really.   Obesity creates illness and hinders the treatment of some conditions.  It simply isn't healthy.

[nicebloke1]

OG. Obesity related

[Redhelen72]

oh it appears attitudes haven't changed!

[nicebloke1]

98 billion a year, jesus,am I reading that link right?

[nicebloke1]

I did say some time back that the likes of Mcdonalds and Greggs continue to expand along with waistlines.

[THECORBYLOON]

98 billion what?

[THECORBYLOON]

Ignore that, just seen it...

[ToraToraTora]

err everyone was starving last week, make your mind up!

[THECORBYLOON]

This is a link to the ninety-eight billion figure

https://archive.ph/W8nnY

[jackthehat]

There are many reasons for someone being 'obese' which are far more nuanced than the usual view of the person being a 'greedy pig with a face full of cream cake'.

More targetted help needs to be given to people struggling with eating disorders and more support offered to those trying to find better, healthy ways to cook and create balanced meals for their families.

[nicebloke1]

There are other reasons jackthehat. But this IS about people over eating and the reason for the 3000 admissions

[douglas9401]

Is there by chance that obesity is bolted on whenever possible, no matter how tenuous the link, like Covid was to everything just a few short years ago?

[ToraToraTora]

There is only one reason for obesity, a positive calorie balance. End of. All the other BS excuses just boil down to that. Now as someone less than svelte myself I know it's easier said than done for many to not consume more than they expend but thats not any sort of mystery. In many ways we choose to be fat in the sameway smokers choose to be addicted to nicotine. Loosing weight is easy all the diets are basically novel ways of cutting calorie intake they all work if you stick to them but that's the rub. It's hard to stick to an oppressive routine when you don't have to. Remember there were no fat people in Belsen.