[WheredoIlive?]

Originally Posted by mysticaltyger

It's high time to get over the genetics BS. 2 generations ago, the % of Americans who were overweight/obese was MUCH lower than today.

Genetics don't change that fast.

I read Americans are getting taller as well as fatter.

{growth hormones!}

Americans Getting Taller, Bigger, Fatter, Says CDC

[actinic]

Go ahead peeps, continue to blame the 'environment' and other lame excuses. Its never been easier to find healthy advice. Talk with your doctor or try something called google, IF it's not too much work.

Also, I just love this ...

'Some insurance industry officials have suggested charging obese persons higher premiums. HHS Secretary Thompson, however, cautioned that doing so could run afoul of federal anti-discrimination laws.'

States considering laws to prevent obesity in America

What a great country, huh? Some gluttonous slob eats himself into a coronary and we end up paying for his irresponsibility on the grounds that it's discriminatory to prevent it, yet it's not discriminatory when the rest of us open our wallets because of him and others?

By the way, I just got a 20% increase in my health bill yet have never had a major medical claim. I attribute part of it to something called COMMON SENSE to diet and exercise.

Maybe it's time to go on a eating frenzy and start getting my money's worth out of my insurance co. I'll just blame it on the food, stress, the environment, those nasty companies brainwashing me, lack of motivation, the tv & internet. OMG, there's no free will left in the country!

[Tricia819]

Originally Posted by mysticaltyger

It's high time to get over the genetics BS. 2 generations ago, the % of Americans who were overweight/obese was MUCH lower than today.

Genetics don't change that fast.

My mother is overweight, my grandmothers on both sides were overweight, the one great grandmother that I knew was overweight, and the great grandmother I've only seen pictures of was overweight. And that was during the Great Depression; before processed foods and diet soda, back when if you wanted to go somewhere you had to walk because cars were a novelty. That's three generations ago. So you can just get off your high horse that genetics don't play a factor in obesity!

[Tricia819]

Originally Posted by actinic

Go ahead peeps, continue to blame the 'environment' and other lame excuses. Its never been easier to find healthy advice. Talk with your doctor or try something called google, IF it's not too much work.

Also, I just love this ...

'Some insurance industry officials have suggested charging obese persons higher premiums. HHS Secretary Thompson, however, cautioned that doing so could run afoul of federal anti-discrimination laws.'

States considering laws to prevent obesity in America

What a great country, huh? Some gluttonous slob eats himself into a coronary and we end up paying for his irresponsibility on the grounds that it's discriminatory to prevent it, yet it's not discriminatory when the rest of us open our wallets because of him and others?

By the way, I just got a 20% increase in my health bill yet have never had a major medical claim. I attribute part of it to something called COMMON SENSE to diet and exercise.

Maybe it's time to go on a eating frenzy and start getting my money's worth out of my insurance co. I'll just blame it on the food, stress, the environment, those nasty companies brainwashing me, lack of motivation, the tv & internet. OMG, there's no free will left in the country!

Consider yourself lucky then. Cause a common sense diet and exercise sure hasn't worked for me!

[Michigansnowflake]

People, we are off track of the OP.....

[AlohaHuey]

Originally Posted by actinic

Go ahead peeps, continue to blame the 'environment' and other lame excuses. Its never been easier to find healthy advice. Talk with your doctor or try something called google, IF it's not too much work.

Also, I just love this ...

'Some insurance industry officials have suggested charging obese persons higher premiums. HHS Secretary Thompson, however, cautioned that doing so could run afoul of federal anti-discrimination laws.'

States considering laws to prevent obesity in America

What a great country, huh? Some gluttonous slob eats himself into a coronary and we end up paying for his irresponsibility on the grounds that it's discriminatory to prevent it, yet it's not discriminatory when the rest of us open our wallets because of him and others?

By the way, I just got a 20% increase in my health bill yet have never had a major medical claim. I attribute part of it to something called COMMON SENSE to diet and exercise.

Maybe it's time to go on a eating frenzy and start getting my money's worth out of my insurance co. I'll just blame it on the food, stress, the environment, those nasty companies brainwashing me, lack of motivation, the tv & internet. OMG, there's no free will left in the country!

Your sarcasm is very off-putting.

Ever consider it might be a COMBINATION of factors, not just "gluttonous slobs" eating too much?

Ever consider that it's not just overweight people driving up your premiums, but a for-profit health care system? Unnecessary tests? A drugged country?

Sheeesh.

[actinic]

Originally Posted by AlohaHuey

Ever consider that it's not just overweight people driving up your premiums, but a for-profit health care system? Unnecessary tests? A drugged country?

The health care system you clearly disdain isn't the problem, it's the sheer number of people going to their health provider in the first place. If more kept in shape the fewer the visits, drugs, etc.

The health care industry as it stands represents the effect, not the cause, of people's irresponsible behavior. Just how many times is the old mantra 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure' repeatedly ignored?

[Vagabond Chick]

Haha! I got ripped to shreds in the Chicago forum for making a comment similar to the OP! I know I'm gonna get it on here too...BUT...the people in the midwest are amongst the frumpiest, unstylish-fried-out-heads-of-hair, unhealthy, people who all look at least 10-15 years older than they actually are! Gimmie some plastic, pretty west coast people ANYDAY!

Before the comments start - yes, I know I'm not nice, I am superficial and a lover of fake beauty. To quote George Carlin, "Ever notice how people against abortion are people you wouldn't want to f*ck in the first place?!" hahahahahaaaaaaaaa!

[Bydand]

Originally Posted by Vagabond Chick

Haha! blah, blah, blah BS, BS, BS hahahahahaaaaaaaaa!

So why then are you bothering to post in the thread?

[Tricia819]

I'd call her a troll, but since I live in the LP that would be an insult to trolls. I'm not sure what being against abortion has to do with being from Michigan though.