How is Obesity an issue? [View All]

[The Straight Story]

Whether it be from genetics, how much (and what) you eat, lack of exercise, whatever...

How is that the business of anyone else how you are or choose to be?

When is something a 'public' health issue? I can see the H1N1 being a public issue, but an individuals' weight?

What else will be a public health risk we need to 'deal' with? Don't eat enough blue berries (they have many health benefits)?

I can see from an education view point caring and trying to offer relevant data to an individual who is concerned with such issues.

It just seems like it has become the norm that those who are not as healthy as some have issues and there is a push to 'fix' them. They will be happier, live longer, etc if they just listen and do what we say.

I think, more and more - the push is from health care agencies who want to trim costs and increase profits. If they can make people conform to their view of how they should live they will save a lot of money.

Individuality and personal choice are slowly slipping away in favor of the almighty dollar and corporations who want to promote an image and save dollars.

Your life. Your choices. You being you, and not living for someone else - whether they be a RW fundie preacher or someone in an office defining how you could better serve society by being how they think you should be.

They have made it now more about themselves and what they want or need, and tied you into it. Have made you and your life an integral part of their needs and desires.

Oh - and these same people complaining about weight and health care issues are the same ones who are fighting against single payer health care - even though it would help you it won't help them in their quest for power and money.

Obesity is not the issue we need to be worrying about, private health care which is interested in only money for themselves and cost cutting is.