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Originally Posted by psicodude
Of course they are made up. They come from my 35 years of using my eyes. Personally, I have never met a person too overweight to make it to the hospital if they had to, so that sort of leads me to believe there aren't a lot of them around.
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Well, those kinds of people who fall under the 'severely obese' category....around 10% of the population. And considering that most of them can't walk, and leave a very sedentary lifestyle, its not surprising that you don't see many of them around.
But you don't have to be 'severely obese' to have health problems. And trust me, a HUGE percentage of the population is overweight.
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Anyway, this thread is majorly off topic now. I will just leave things by saying I am happy when lawmakers at least try to help those who can't help themselves.
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I'm driving it off topic because I find it ironic how some people think second hand smoke is so dangerous to kids(which it is)...but they completely ignore a much bigger danger. Parents who instill in their kids unhealthy eating habits. Parents who take their kids to Mickey D's 5 times a week, which A LOT of parents do. And considering that obesity is going to kill more kids than second hand smoke EVER will, well, if you legislate laws for one, shouldn't you legislate laws for the other?
But no, people don't want to be told what they should feed their kids. And I agree with that. And despite it being dangerous to smoke in your car when you have kids in there, I don't agree with the government passing laws banning that.
The drive to educate and inform people about the effects of smoking in the early 70's almost cut in HALF the amount of smokers from 1980 to 2000.