Obesity is 'deadlier than smoking' and can knock 13 years off your life

The Daily Mail ^ | October 17, 2007 | Daniel Martin

[2ndDivisionVet]

This is becoming a huge problem (no pun intended).

[Army Air Corps]

Next will come food control.

[TWohlford]

Well, here’s the deal....

Yes, there are lots of overweight people. Yes, some are the size of a small moving van or perhaps even a mid-sized continental land mass.

However..

Every time I see an “obesity epidemic” story, I always see that the people who are quoted are going for government funding.

And, they fail to define “obesity” in terms other than that set up people who stand to gain financially by having the greatest number of people be “obese”.

Just saying... follow the money... past the all-you-can-eat buffet... and you’ll see my point.

[chaos_5]

Obesity is more dangerous than smoking

Fantastic! You quit smoking for health reason just to get fat when you quit smoking and die sooner than you would have if you just kept on smoking. LOL

[GOP_Lady]

A lady with whom I work said to me that she wants the government to do something about obesity.

[GOP_Lady]

I believe people are just as addicted to food as anything else addictive.

[inkling]

Any lawyers in the house? I’m a victim of second-hand fat.

[Baladas]

Fat people don’t live forever?

[tnlibertarian]

Absolutely. I would die without it.

[GOP_Lady]

I think you know what I meant. LOL. I’m not the type of person who gets their money’s worth from a buffet. :-)

[Army Air Corps]

And, they fail to define “obesity” in terms other than that set up people who stand to gain financially by having the greatest number of people be “obese”.

Yep. Most of these gummint grant whores define obesity in such a way that even seemingly slim folks would be "obese."

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

They will make you change your tag line to “skinless roasted chicken and a diet coke”

[berdie]

So after the smokers are forced to quit smoking and people are forced into svelte, athletic new bodies...what will the new frontier be?

[Army Air Corps]

Ask her if she wants the Gummint to restrict the amount and type of food that she can buy and consume. Maybe have a gummint doctor constantly monitor BMI and glucose levels (for “free”).

[Alex Murphy]

I’m a victim of second-hand fat.

ROTFL! Thief! You stole my punchline!

[Army Air Corps]

Only when they pry the chicken leg from my cold dead hands. :-)

[tnlibertarian]

Something about this article makes me want to buy a democrat a doughnut.

[Doctor Don]

I am 98 years old. I do not need 13 more years. Please pass the french fries and light my cigar for me.

[Army Air Corps]

You can sue Big Food. They did not place a warning label on the package stating that the contents may be tasty and therefore make you unable to restrain yourself. Lay’s potato chips get a pass, they do warn that “You can’t eat only one.”