Comments on: Is Obesity A Disability? http://amerrylife.com/2008/12/01/is-obesity-a-disability/ Tue, 22 May 2012 21:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mary http://amerrylife.com/2008/12/01/is-obesity-a-disability/#comment-1037 Mary Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:06:12 +0000 http://www.amerrylife.com/?p=292#comment-1037 Jenn: I agree with your points, but maybe not your attitude. This being a discussion is not a bad thing. On a different note... I wonder, do you consider obesity to be someone's fault if they are a child? with growing obesity rates in children are we going to blame them for their condition are if no one teaches them any better? As a society by teaching and supporting terrible habits we are encouraging obesity in children and then treating them like second class citizens for it. I think this deserves some consideration. Jenn: I agree with your points, but maybe not your attitude. This being a discussion is not a bad thing.

On a different note… I wonder, do you consider obesity to be someone’s fault if they are a child? with growing obesity rates in children are we going to blame them for their condition are if no one teaches them any better? As a society by teaching and supporting terrible habits we are encouraging obesity in children and then treating them like second class citizens for it. I think this deserves some consideration.

]]> By: Jenn http://amerrylife.com/2008/12/01/is-obesity-a-disability/#comment-1036 Jenn Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:02:53 +0000 http://www.amerrylife.com/?p=292#comment-1036 No, I don't think the airlines should have to give any kind of discount to people who need a 2nd seat. It's preventable, treatable, and in nearly all cases, totally that person's fault. What are we coming to as a country when this would even be a DISCUSSION? No, I don’t think the airlines should have to give any kind of discount to people who need a 2nd seat. It’s preventable, treatable, and in nearly all cases, totally that person’s fault. What are we coming to as a country when this would even be a DISCUSSION?

]]> By: Alcoholism As A Disease http://amerrylife.com/2008/12/01/is-obesity-a-disability/#comment-967 Alcoholism As A Disease Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:26:58 +0000 http://www.amerrylife.com/?p=292#comment-967 I found your blog via Google while searching for alcoholism as a disease, thank you for posting ity A Disability? | A Merry Life! I found your blog via Google while searching for alcoholism as a disease, thank you for posting ity A Disability? | A Merry Life!

]]> By: Mary http://amerrylife.com/2008/12/01/is-obesity-a-disability/#comment-966 Mary Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:58:57 +0000 http://www.amerrylife.com/?p=292#comment-966 Marshy: Your comments, even those on other comments, are always welcome. You make great points too. The focus should be on health, not on numbers on a scale. The focus on numbers is a dumb thing since basic bmi (to determine obesity) is figured by height and weight which says bodybuilders and professional athletes are obese. Not so much. Marshy: Your comments, even those on other comments, are always welcome. You make great points too. The focus should be on health, not on numbers on a scale. The focus on numbers is a dumb thing since basic bmi (to determine obesity) is figured by height and weight which says bodybuilders and professional athletes are obese. Not so much.

]]> By: FLG http://amerrylife.com/2008/12/01/is-obesity-a-disability/#comment-965 FLG Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:30:07 +0000 http://www.amerrylife.com/?p=292#comment-965 Depends how you define disability. Is arthritis a disability? Is arthritis caused by obesity a disability? Does the cause of the disability make it any less a disability? About the airplanes. Sometimes even though you pay for a second seat, they don't give it to you. <abbr><em>FLG’s last blog post..<a href="http://thefatlazyguyslog.blogspot.com/2008/12/weekly-weigh-in-theres-no-place-like.html" rel="nofollow">Weekly Weigh-in: There's No Place Like Home</a></abbr></em> Depends how you define disability. Is arthritis a disability? Is arthritis caused by obesity a disability? Does the cause of the disability make it any less a disability?

About the airplanes. Sometimes even though you pay for a second seat, they don’t give it to you.

FLG’s last blog post..Weekly Weigh-in: There’s No Place Like Home

]]> By: Marshmallow http://amerrylife.com/2008/12/01/is-obesity-a-disability/#comment-964 Marshmallow Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:07:44 +0000 http://www.amerrylife.com/?p=292#comment-964 <i>Insurances and companies need to start taking a good look at weight and hopefully giving discounts to normal weight individuals.</i> I do hope you're joking. If insurance companies start implementing weight based prejudice furthermore to what they already do, there will be the continued shift away from health as a contributing factor and towards WEIGHT. I am on the cusp of overweight/obese for my height, and yet I am fitter and healthier than many of my thin counterparts. Your suggestion unfairly discriminates against me, even though I am likely to be of lower risk than thinner, unhealthier people. Blood pressure, blood sugar, and resting heart rate are better primary indicators of health. Not weight. (sorr for hijacking, Mary, that comment really stung and I had to respond.) <abbr><em>Marshmallow’s last blog post..<a href="http://largemarshmallow.blogspot.com/2008/12/lack-of-connectivity.html" rel="nofollow">Lack of Connectivity</a></abbr></em> Insurances and companies need to start taking a good look at weight and hopefully giving discounts to normal weight individuals.

I do hope you’re joking. If insurance companies start implementing weight based prejudice furthermore to what they already do, there will be the continued shift away from health as a contributing factor and towards WEIGHT. I am on the cusp of overweight/obese for my height, and yet I am fitter and healthier than many of my thin counterparts. Your suggestion unfairly discriminates against me, even though I am likely to be of lower risk than thinner, unhealthier people.

Blood pressure, blood sugar, and resting heart rate are better primary indicators of health. Not weight.

(sorr for hijacking, Mary, that comment really stung and I had to respond.)

Marshmallow’s last blog post..Lack of Connectivity

]]> By: Mary http://amerrylife.com/2008/12/01/is-obesity-a-disability/#comment-963 Mary Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:30:36 +0000 http://www.amerrylife.com/?p=292#comment-963 TB: Some insurance companies do give better rates to healthy normal weight individuals. When I was looking for private insurance I came across several companies that would charge me more each month because of my weight. TB: Some insurance companies do give better rates to healthy normal weight individuals. When I was looking for private insurance I came across several companies that would charge me more each month because of my weight.

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