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07-06-2013, 01:02 PM | Topic Starter |
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"Obesity is a disease not a decision"
This is a new campaign that the American Medical Association actually declared obesity a disease! Billboards with this phrase are popping up around the country.
I've worked out for 10 years straight and I definitely sacrifice eating shit food even though I enjoy it just as much as the next guy. THIS IS A DECISION I HAVE CONSCIOUSLY MADE. http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/da...n-disease.html Discuss.... |
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07-06-2013, 01:04 PM | #2 |
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And I have plenty of fat friends. None of them have ever claimed it is a disease. They know exactly why they are overweight, most just don't care enough and are lazy to eat right and workout. I am fine with that but please don't tell me it is because you have a disease.
There are a few cases where this a classification of disease is true...thyroid issues. Most are not this issue however and a diagnosis of a metabolic disorder is way over diagnosed for people who are just lazy/uneducated.
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Secondly, What's up with the slutty chic/ads/banner at the very bottom of the page. Yuck!
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It's a decision of laziness. Maybe a disease of the mind.
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People become morbidly obese because they don't have self control.
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07-06-2013, 01:09 PM | #7 |
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Disease? Maybe.
It's solely up to the individual to cure it, though. I'm a fat ass, but It's my fault I'm fat. |
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07-06-2013, 01:09 PM | #8 |
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It's not a disease, afaic, but its not the same for everyone. I'm pretty overweight. I have friends who are way lighter than me who exercise less, eat more shit, and sit around more. So while, yeah, it's my decision to not put in the hours to get as light as them, it's also a little more complex than a fat person being lazier than a skinny person.
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And while I wouldn't call it a disease, I would say there is a certain amount of addiction that goes hand-in-hand with it. |
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Time to eat, here's some food, seems a normal meal, back to work. The decision is to NOT eat and TO move around more. Sit at a computer, go eat some shit, sit back down at the computer is just too easy a routine. IMO, there is a distinct qualitative difference between deciding to take a drink or smoke a cig than 'deciding' on too big a lunch.
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i imagine for some people it is a disease and i also think that certain people are more likely to gain weight than others.
i also think that for a significant % of people it's a decision/excuse/weakness. They like to eat and end up overweight.
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07-06-2013, 01:25 PM | #13 |
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I would imagine the american medical association is campaigning for this so insurance will eventually cover all the shit related to fat asses.
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That is definitely the agenda. We are all going to get raped having to pay for this shit.
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