Posted on 06/23/2009 10:04:31 PM PDT by Chet 99
Fat can be disabling. A person 180 pounds over a healthy weight is susceptible to arthritis, has increased blood pressure, a weakened heart and could soon need a walker just to get around.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, such a person could legally be labeled as disabled.
But should obesity be considered a disability? On Tuesday the American Medical Association voted a resounding no at its annual meeting.
But in a country where nearly one in three people is obese but where laws do not always cover size discrimination, and many health insurance policies do not cover obesity treatments until a patient develops a more serious health condition -- not all who deal with obesity agree on the matter.
"We believe that we passed this for the patient's benefit," said Dr. Domenic Federico, an AMA delegate from Michigan. "We do not want to have this limit the ability to have doctors talk about a very serious condition."
Federico explained that doctors are worried they could be legally reprimanded for discussing obesity with a patient who doesn't want to hear it.
"If obesity is designated as a disability, physicians could be sued or reprimanded for discrimination under the Americans with Disability Act if a patient takes offense at the physician discussing obesity," the resolution states. "Therefore be it resolved that our American Medical Association not support the effort to make obesity a disability."
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This will be a can of worms.
Anyone else notice the increase of negative health care related stories in the media during the past few days?
Well, there goes my plan to eat and eat eat and retire on disability.
Why should the fatties get all the good parking spaces?
It would make one calculate how many bags of cheetos they’d have to eat in order to get the best parking spots.
We could cut obesity in half in this country if they’d get rid of those damn Wallymobiles at Walmart and they make the lardasses get up and walk if they want to shop.
Like the bikini logo.
Ms. Klansman 2009.
Chloe Marshall (born 1991) is a British plus-size model from Cranleigh, Surrey in south-east England. She is the first size-16 (US size 12) model to pass into the finals for the Miss England tiara after winning over seven other girls for the Miss Surrey title in March 2008.
Marshall’s physical statistics make her an unusual contender for contests normally vied for by so-called ‘size-zero’ figures. In April 2008, she weighed 12 stone 8 pounds (176 pounds/80 kg), sports a 38DD bust on her curvaceous 38-32-42 figure, and stands five foot ten inches (1.778 m). This gives her a Body Mass Index of 26.03, 1 point over the normal range for a healthy adult of 18–25. This has attracted criticism for what some have called the promotion of obesity and an unhealthy diet.
Marshall told The Sun: “I wanted to go through to the Miss England finals to break the stereotype that you have to be tall and skinny to be considered beautiful.”
In 2008, she was signed by the Models Plus agency. Models Plus spokesman Stevie Walters has gone on record describing the teenager as “luscious.”
The national finals for the Miss England title were held on 18 July 2008. Chloe was selected as first runner-up.
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Personally, I think she’s hot, but then I’m 49, ugly and weigh almost twice what she does! LOL
I admit I haven't seen this, probably because I don't watch the liberal news channels, for one. That said, I'm not surprised in the least as the main stream media is blatantly, unashamedly anti-American.
I think she’s pretty, but I like curvy chicks.
Obesity is a disability that can be cured by Eating Less and Doing More.
Looks like her ankles are going already at 18.
I agree but people are disabled after heart attacks, and get all the bennies, even though they may have avoided exercise and eaten high fat diets.
A man with AIDS wasting gets the bennies, and he engaged in risky sex for years.
A man who liked to dirt bike without a helmet, now in a wheelchair, gets the bennies.
A woman who took dope for years and is now addled gets the bennies.
In short, many people who are really truly handicapped are handicapped because of terrible decisions they made.
Of course many are not, as well.
But what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. Why is overeating the only unhealthy habit that keeps a person from handicapped status?
they can’t be for really.
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