Fat People Now Illegal In Japan

just as many "skinny" people can require "additional services and special care" as obese people. you make it sound like every single overweight person has special needs, which is hardly the case. of the 35% of americans being over weight, maybe .5 percent of that are people that fall into this category your trying to make.. even thats a generous estimation imo. if you wanna talk about people sucking other peoples tax dollars, talk about the prison/justice system -_-

Approximately 85% of people with diabetes are type 2, and of these, 90% are obese or overweight.
In the analyses carried out for World Health Report 2002, approximately 58% of diabetes and 21% of ischaemic heart disease and 8-42% of certain cancers globally were attributable to a BMI above 21 kg/m2.

Economic Consequences
Overweight and obesity and their associated health problems have a significant economic impact on the U.S. health care system (USDHHS, 2001). Medical costs associated with overweight and obesity may involve direct and indirect costs (Wolf and Colditz, 1998; Wolf, 1998). Direct medical costs may include preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services related to obesity. Indirect costs relate to morbidity and mortality costs. Morbidity costs are defined as the value of income lost from decreased productivity, restricted activity, absenteeism, and bed days. Mortality costs are the value of future income lost by premature death.

More than one third of U.S. adults—more than 72 million people—and 16% of U.S. children are obese. Since 1980, obesity rates for adults have doubled and rates for children have tripled. Obesity rates among all groups in society—irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, education level, or geographic region—have increased markedly

Obesity has physical, psychological, and social consequences in adults and children. Children and adolescents are developing obesity-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, that were once seen only in adults. Obese children are more likely to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease, including high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, and abnormal glucose tolerance. One study of 5- to 17-year-olds found that 70% of obese children had at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease and 39% of obese children had at least two risk factors

In 2000, obesity-related health care costs totaled an estimated $117 billion.

Between 1987 and 2001, diseases associated with obesity account for 27% of the increases in medical costs.

Medical expenditures for obese workers, depending on severity of obesity and sex, are between 29%–117% greater than expenditures for workers with normal weight.

From 1979–1981 to 1997–1999, annual hospital costs related to obesity among children and adolescents increased, rising from $35 million to $127 million.

The Health Consequences of Obesity

Coronary heart disease
Type 2 diabetes
Cancer (endometrial, breast, and colon)
Hypertension (high blood pressure)
Dyslipidemia (high total cholesterol or high levels of triglycerides)
Stroke
Liver and gallbladder disease
Sleep apnea and respiratory problems
Osteoarthritis (degeneration of cartilage and underlying bone within a joint)
Gynecological problems (abnormal menses, infertility)

lolol, If only I had a picture of her to go along with it. I love Lily and all, but her "lets play!" death flop is dangerous.

Ahahaha, I know exactly what you mean! My dog's the same way, but if I didn't put in the effort to take him on walks, you'd hear my foundation crack whenever he flopped on the ground.

-.-

And Cai, was the drug your dog was on thyroxine?

Isn't today's perception of the "perfect" weight to be severely underweight anyway? I mean, yeah, we all should be like twigs who only eat once a month, very healthy if you ask me PETA would love it, that means less cows consumed per person, which means so many more cows would live to be cows. Global Warming Activists would love it, meaning less cows being breed for the consumption of meat, and that produces less methane to be "used" in the ozone. Of course, that would totally kill our agriculture industry, bye bye the middle 2/3s of the USA, but at least we keep people in NY and CA happy.... .....*** that.

You want some sane suggestions? Here's a few sane suggestions:

1) Stop eating fast food on a regular basis. The calorie/fat content in those value meals is outrageous. The same can be said of casual dining restaurants.

2) Stop sucking down a six-pack of soda per day. That ***is diabetes in a can.

3) Stop couch-surfing and move around. You'll reap tremendous health benefits just by doing something simple as walking at a brisk pace for 30 minutes, 5 times a week. I do this presently just by walking my dog. I used to do it by walking around an enormous college campus. You don't have to put forth the effort Jaerik does in order to be healthy, but please realize that bulding a strong, muscular body is a completely different goal from developing and practicing more healthy habits

Anorexic people make up an estimated 1% - 5% of the US population. Obese and overweight people (yes, there's a difference) make up over 50% of the US population. I'm astounded that anyone seriously thinks that anorexic/bulimic individuals rack up health care bills that approach anything remotely close to the magnitude of the health care bills incurred by overweight/obese individuals. No one with any capacity for critical thinking can seriously make such a claim.

I'm saying if you're gonna be a hater, be an equal opportunity hater. In other words, don't be a hypocrite. Don't tax one extreme and leave out the other because statistics are on their side. Anorexia/Bulemia are just as much of a problem as over-eaters. Plenty of people who are overweight go on diets, lose the weight and become healthy. A lot of over-eaters can decrease their BMI by doing simply what you said. Anorexics/Bulemics, on the other hand, usually have to go through intense psychotherapy to get over the fact that 85 pounds is NOT a healthy weight.

You're ignorant to think that overweight/obese people are the only causes for health costs being outrageous

In 2000, obesity-related health care costs totaled an estimated $117 billion.

Between 1987 and 2001, diseases associated with obesity account for 27% of the increases in medical costs.

Medical expenditures for obese workers, depending on severity of obesity and sex, are between 29%–117% greater than expenditures for workers with normal weight.

From 1979–1981 to 1997–1999, annual hospital costs related to obesity among children and adolescents increased, rising from $35 million to $127 million.

I wonder how long it will be before somebody comes on here and cries woe that they have the 'fat gene', an excuse made up by a pair of ridiculously overweight woman in the UK to try and justify being lazy fat ***.

Get up and go for a run instead of coming on here and trying to justify being 500lbs.

*** that lol i have no long distance running stamina. short bursts of speed! :P

Ever saw that movie Zombieland? One of the main rules for survival was cardio. The fattest got eaten first.

Ever saw that movie Zombieland? One of the main rules for survival was cardio. The fattest got eaten first.