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Originally Posted by womble I totally agree - none of us are perfect angels at only doing what is right for us. But unless an individual is prepared to take responsibility for their health why should the state???
I know that I for one, cringe every time I see a family of obese people, as I think that is where my NI £s are going to end up. And an interesting statisic I discovered yesterday, there are now more overweight people in the world than hungry people!! |
So you cringe when you see a fat family? Has it ever occurred to you that if the whole family is fat it might be genetic?
I had a mate who was never fat (or any of his family), and had the same opinions as you about fatties. He went on a diet as he decided to start training in the gym, and found he could stick to it for about three days!
I understand where you are coming from, and share some of your opinions, but it seems a bit dangerous to start stopping certain groups of people from getting treatment.
How much do we spend on treating smoking, alcoholics, drug addicts each year? Does a drug addict deserve treatment and a tubby person not? What about self inflicted harm? We had a guy who used to come to the pharmacy and ask how many paracetamol it took to kill you. He then took about 12 on a regular basis just to get a hospital bed. He must have cost the hospital thousands, but what do you do with him?