A major study published last year found medical spending averages $1,400 more a year for the obese than normal-weight people.
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Health insurance premiums should be weight-based.
I stopped reading this as soon as I got to who funded this completely BS study. The company that makes the band so you can't eat. Come on people, wake up! They only did this ridiculous "study" so they can convince more people to buy there product that allows them to never eat normal again! Is Obama behind all these articles against the "fat" people of the world? How about people that consume alcohol, they have health problems from that too!
To qualify for food stamps a household's gross monthly income cannot exceed 130 percent of the Federal poverty guidelines. The 2009 Poverty Guidelines for a family of 4 is $22,000, so they would lose that help if they make $28,600. The maximum allotment for a four person family is $668.
Could any of you clueless self-righteous chumps survive on such that meager income? You probably spent that much last year on lattes at Starbucks while living at home with your mommy and daddy.
A household's GROSS monthly income cannot exceed 130 percent of the Federal poverty guidelines to qualify for food stamps. Poverty Guidelines for a family of 4 is $22,000.
Could any of you clueless chumps survive on so little income? You probably spent that much last year on lattes from Starbucks while you lived at home with mommy & daddy.
Oh, here we go again, all the health care expense problems, etc., et al, are the fault of one group. I'm a jogger, gardener, hard worker, enjoy my food, give thanks and do all in moderation. My health nut friends who have to run more than 10 miles a day and eat pomegranate seeds for lunch, no joke, are constantly at the doctor, constantly at the chiropractor, and if you think their unhealthy fear of any sickness and death isn't costing you and me a pretty penny, you had better wake up. Sure, obesity is a problem, but it's unfortunately due to a food addiction, for which the evidence is readily visible. The smokers, the porn addicts, the alcoholics (social drinkers) the people that run to the doctor for every little itch are costing the health industry just as much. And not for nothing, I run, but I don't need to get attention on the street where I'd be breathing in all the carbon monoxide. My healthy friends who talk like many of you are constantly sick. I think they worry too much! So cut the bologna...in fact, have some. Worrying about it will kill you faster than eating it.
The issue of obesity is a complex one. Nobody wants to attack anyone's self esteem, but I do take issue with trying to say someone with a serious health ailment is 'attractive'. Leprosy is not attractive, neither is obesity. It's not normal, in the sense of what's healthy - even if its extremely common.
I agree we should, as a nation pay great attention to this issue. It's not going to be easy for people to turn this back as individuals - the problems is systematic, we have bad food. And removing access to bad food, and replacing it with -almost always more expensive, and even scarce - healthy food is going to be a challenge.
People in USA are trying to make FAT as normal. They overlook Diabetis, heart problems, joint replacement later in life, some cancers, and just plain rudeness when you share an airplane seat. Giant portions, too much sugar and other sweetners, fast fatning foods and poor self-control over eating is hurting health and costing tax payers fortunes in Health Care costs including Medi-care.
disagree, they don't need to study it, they already know. Money is fungeable. If you give someone free food, they don't have to spend their money on food, they spend their money on something else.
You don't have to claim zero dollars to be poor. If you even make 10,000 per year - plenty enough to buy beer and cigarettes - you are under the federal poverty guidelines.
It would be impossible to stop the poor from buying legal products like beer and cigarettes.
The most obese people I see get their groceries swiping a food stamp card but always have cash for beer and cigarettes. The govt needs to do a study on THAT!
What is "HCG"? Is this an over-the-counter product that begins with "hydroxy"? If so, be aware of the dangers of using these products. Some of them contain very high amounts of caffeine which create racing heart rates. The best 'diet' is to eat less and exercise such as walking daily.
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Health insurance premiums should be weight-based.
Could any of you clueless self-righteous chumps survive on such that meager income? You probably spent that much last year on lattes at Starbucks while living at home with your mommy and daddy.
Could any of you clueless chumps survive on so little income? You probably spent that much last year on lattes from Starbucks while you lived at home with mommy & daddy.
I agree we should, as a nation pay great attention to this issue. It's not going to be easy for people to turn this back as individuals - the problems is systematic, we have bad food. And removing access to bad food, and replacing it with -almost always more expensive, and even scarce - healthy food is going to be a challenge.
You don't have to claim zero dollars to be poor. If you even make 10,000 per year - plenty enough to buy beer and cigarettes - you are under the federal poverty guidelines.
It would be impossible to stop the poor from buying legal products like beer and cigarettes.