Reply #57: Well [View All]

[ismnotwasm]

I'm always of two minds. First, there are many people considered "obese" who are happy and healthy and lead rich and fulfilled lives. There are those who are overweight or obese who are tormented by the shallow and the cruel. More of a statement on a mean ass society there.

Second, I'm a renal/tranplant nurse. I do acute dialysis a lot. Obesity and diabetes go hand in hand and after that is when kidney failure often comes into play. Not having dialysis and staying alive in kidney failure is not a lifestyle choice.


Dialysis is one of the things covered by medicare/medicaid in a kind of "special" payment category. Yet I feel the need to be careful here, while I try to promote public health, I realize doing it by condescending to preach to an already hurt and easy target population is just bullshit.