Posted on 09/12/2010 3:02:49 PM PDT by Nachum
Dr Richard Weiler and Dr Emmanuel Stamatakis have put forward the idea because they say the the link between inactivity and poor health is so strong.
Writing in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, they explained: "Given the significant associated mortality and morbidity, we propose that perhaps physical inactivity should also be considered for recognition as a disease in its own right."
Obesity is already classed as a disease by the World Health Organisation, noted Dr Richard Weiler, a specialist registrar in sports and exercise at Imperial College Healthcare and a GP.
But he said obesity was often at least partially the result of a deeper cause - not doing enough exercise.
Speaking about the article, he said: "Money is pumped at treating the symptoms of physical inactivity - at obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease - but not at the root cause."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
May I suggest that being liberal is a much worse disease?
ha!HA!
wow...way back then, they had already figured out the gang and minority scam..ha.
what happened to the Sin of Sloth?
How long before someone in this country sues their employer under some law like the ADA for not making reasonable accomodations? “He wanted me to do stuff, and I didn’t feel like it. It’s a diseeeeeease...see this here British study.”
And then there’s SSDI...ah, enough. My tagline says it.
Where are my benefit checks??
I don’t feel like reading this article.....;)
WHo reads articles, I just skim replies
A faulty endocrine system is my reason for being lazy.
Marxism/socialism/islamicism is a disease
Lazyness is sloth. wake up, smell the coffee and go to work.
could you give me the readers digest version of your reply?
Again PC wins. The obesity in UK & US is primarily in dense government housing. The disease isn’t laziness it’s the despair of adults being hounded by social workers and government agencies and do-gooders on the REAL government dole of a government union job. People without hope whose only skill is checking the boxes on government forms to get relief checks.
ha ha, GMTA!!!
that was my first thought, too, and then I saw your post
“Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want To Get Off!” ... Song Lyrics.
Taylor: What's wrong with me?
Zaius: I think you're crazy.
Taylor: I want a second opinion.
Zaius: You're also lazy.
I’m just Bone Idle.
Yep...that’s where the true creativity is...
..comments are always good for a laugh or a somber thought.
Great scene and parody of POTA!
Yup. Its a disease. So we’ve got to give the lazy bastards who catch it SS Disability Insurance to boot.
Fascinating, how this scheme is 100% consistent with the goals of the marxists.
skim!
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