[WI] Group Declares War on Obesity; Coalition Issues Call to Action to Address 'Epidemic' Problem

Madison.com ^ | May 12, 2006 | Anita Weier

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Well, looks like I'll have to start hoarding chocolate and hope that the 'Food Gnatzies' don't find my stash. *Rolleyes*

[rzeznikj at stout]

In before the Ping?

[FairOpinion]

People who get AIDS deserve sympathy, nobody is pushing that they should change their behavior. But if you smoke or are overweight, you are automatically a villain.

I guess they are running out of smokers to harrass, I knew the next "undesirable class" will be those who are overweight.

The government will ration food, will force everyone to exercise, will have a camera in your bathroom, to read your bathroom scale, and if you are over your desired weight, you won't get your next daily ration.

We will also make illegal to raise and sell pigs, sell eggs, sell anything other than nonfat milk, no sugar, everyone should live on carrots and celery, OR ELSE...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Yep! You're quick today, LOL! :)

[martin_fierro]

I'm gonna sic the Old And Ugly Task Force on ol' Helene here.

Plus if I try hard enough I'm sure I can define "obese" in such a way as to include her.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Chip-Chip-Chipping Away at your Right to a Chocolate Chip Cookie" Ping! ;)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Plus if I try hard enough I'm sure I can define 'obese' in such a way as to include her."

"Fathead" springs immediately to mind. ;)

[patton]

Funny how much the US has come to resemble Nazi Germany.

[Kakaze]

"It is a public health problem that slowly over 25 years has snuck up on us,"

NO its always been there.

What has snuck up on us are Nosey, Obnoxiuos, Politically Correct, Bored, Busy Bodies, that find it easier to campaign to regulate adults than they do to properly raise their own damn kids!

It's so fashionable to have a cause and go to group hugs that nothing real is getting taken care of.......Get a life and quit making the rest of us your Hobby!

End of rant lol.

[Panzerlied]

We're from the government and we're here to help you.

[Muleteam1]

>>End of rant lol.<<

Excellent rant and right on target!

Muleteam1

[freepatriot32]

but he noted that those same challenges were gradually overcome "for the collective good" in the battle against smoking.

Hmm I seem to remember reading something from a guy that believed in restricting freedom"for the common good." Last I checked his political philosophy's killed anywhere from 100 -180 million people last century

And has anyone else noticed that childhood obesity has risen at almost the same percent as mandatory riddlin use? seems more then coincidental that children that are drugged to the gills so they can passively sit behind a desk 8 hours a day and are so stoned on a drug that leeches all energy out of them to the point that they can barely walk aren't getting enough exercise and are gaining weight doesn't it

[rzeznikj at stout]

Unnnngh!

[freepatriot32]

ping

[Alouette]

if I try hard enough I'm sure I can define "obese" in such a way as to include her.

Forget "obese," let's just outlaw "Bad Hair Days"

[CaptRon]

Their first action will be to ban eating in restaurants, using the smoking ban as a model.

That and subsidizing restaurants who serve only granola and tofu, financed by the lawsuit they won by suing restaurants who serve meat.

[kanawa]

Well said!

[metmom]

Patterns for good eating should start in day care home, where children should get fresh fruits and vegetables, stressed dietician Jill Camber-Davidson.

There, I fixed it for her. Nanny state? No thanks

[sweetliberty]

"...but he noted that those same challenges rights were gradually overcome ignored "for the collective good" in the battle against smoking.