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Then there is the famous Southwest Airlines issue from several years ago because an obese individual was asked to buy 2 seats so that they would pay for the space they occupy instead of crowding out a regularly sized individual..
That is company policy today. If you purchase two seats and the plane is not full (135 other passengers on a 137 seat 737) you get your money back for the second seat. Before there's a lot of feed back think if 3 obese individuals were in the same row, how would the person in the middle seat feel?
I think we should not discriminate those fats ones, instead we should encourage them to lose their weight not pulling them into negative. Anyway, there also fat people are still look beautiful and handsome
There is some merit to celebrating obesity - when obese people keel over from heart attacks at age 50 because their hearts just can't pump blood through all those mounds of fat, instead of being fit and living til they're 90, insurance companies don't have to deal with the cost of age-related disease - which is far more expensive than treating obesity. And since the obese are FAR more likely than their fit counterparts to die at age 50 of a heart attack, it's in our best interests, as people who have to pay the increasing costs of insurance and/or uninsured health care, to encourage the obese to stay that way, for the rest of their (statistically shorter) lives.
There is some merit to celebrating obesity - when obese people keel over from heart attacks at age 50 because their hearts just can't pump blood through all those mounds of fat, instead of being fit and living til they're 90, insurance companies don't have to deal with the cost of age-related disease - which is far more expensive than treating obesity. And since the obese are FAR more likely than their fit counterparts to die at age 50 of a heart attack, it's in our best interests, as people who have to pay the increasing costs of insurance and/or uninsured health care, to encourage the obese to stay that way, for the rest of their (statistically shorter) lives.
No one is "celebrating" obesity. If they were we would not have all these young girls with eating disorders. The epitome of beauty in our country is to be thin as a rail. Obesity is just a thing we all have to deal with.
50 is pretty old anyway and you are bound to die of something. Chances are at around 60 you will be in a nursing home rotting away. Life expectancy is still around 70 years old.
50 is pretty old anyway and you are bound to die of something. Chances are at around 60 you will be in a nursing home rotting away. Life expectancy is still around 70 years old.
TJ, I just went to my husband's 45th college reunion. All of the men there were in their mid to late 60s, as were most, but not all , of the women. When the DJ started the music, from the 1960s, us geezers were up there dancing. Fast dancing.
Five years from now, the grads at the 50th reunion will have the option of joining the graduating class of 2016 for a hike. There are two options: 2 miles or 12 miles. And it will not be on level ground. The old grads will be in their 70s by then.
If your family members are in nursing homes by the time they are in their 60s, you really need to get your weight down. You do not have to join them.
The most current listing for average life expectancy in the USA is between 74.4 and 74.8 years, depending on the source. This would be as of 2009, which is the most recent data I could find on the internet.
The #1 cause of death among seniors is cancer. The #2 cause of death is heart disease. The interesting thing about heart disease, is that obesity is the #2 cause of it. So if you eliminate obesity, the percentage of seniors who die of heart disease will either drop, OR it will take those people longer to die of heart disease. In either case, the average life expectancy will rise.
Also, among people who are 50-60 years old, most of them don't die, and most of them are active. And - most of them are still walking, still have all their mental functions. The majority of people holding political office nationwide are over 50. The average age for a Senator is 60, and the average age for Congress is 55.
According to the Social Security Administration, the average working person didn't even retire from work til they turned 64. And that was in 1998. That average age has gone up dramatically, to the point where you can't even collect "full" social security payments until you're 67.
I don't know where you got your source saying the people are old when they turn 50, or that most people are in old age homes rotting away at age 60. There aren't that many "old age" homes, and they couldn't accommodate "most" 60 year olds. Most 60 year olds are doing just fine. To see for yourself, check out any "active retirement" community - start with the Villages in Florida, where that one community alone boasts over 80,000 people over 55 living there, most of whom play golf at least once a week.
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, of the women. When the DJ started the music, from the 1960s, us geezers were up there dancing. Fast dancing. 
Talk to us in another 30 years.
