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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 09:43 PM Original message |
Poll question: Is it good policy to call obesity a disease? |
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lastknowngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. If you can call golf a sport then being fat can be a disease |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. People are so quick to judge.... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Amen. I keep saying I'm going to |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't know where my mind stands on this yet |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I think alcoholism |
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Snoggera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. If I look at it this way |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. See? |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 07:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. Unfortunately |
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rhino47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 09:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
45. Way to go Moonbeam !!! |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I think most in the medical profession agree that |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. The article said they "stopped short of calling obesity a disease" |
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classics (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. What this means is. |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 06:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. What a strange perspective |
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classics (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 05:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
60. Its a perspective from someone who cares for these people. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Walking is safe and convenient |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 01:42 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I dispute your claim about walking being safe and |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 06:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. I think that has something to do with it |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 05:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
59. Yet out of the three grandparents I remember, |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 06:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. I know that sidewalks are a problem |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. So my HMO will pay for a new Trek 5900 for me? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. This disease seems to be concentrated in rich countries with lots of food |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. I don't have myself to blame... |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 07:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Well, and don't forget |
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Redhead488 (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 07:13 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. If they were expending twice the energy, they would be |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 07:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. No it does not |
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Redhead488 (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 07:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Yes, it does |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 08:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. No it does not |
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Redhead488 (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 08:16 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. The "so I can EAT twice as much" part |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 08:29 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Actually, not really |
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Redhead488 (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 08:43 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Yes, really. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 08:53 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. OK |
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Redhead488 (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 08:56 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Will you also agree |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 09:16 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. OK, I will |
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mrboba1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 09:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. True - a calorie is a unit of energy |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 09:26 AM Response to Reply #31 |
46. This is true. |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
15. Obesity is not always the persons fault... |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Almost 50% of the population has those problems? |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Its different if obeisity occurs as a child... |
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classics (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 10:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Tall people tend to raise tall kids too. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 11:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. There is height variation in poor nations |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 11:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Actually, we're getting fatter AND shorter |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
56. Could this have anything to do with ethnicity changes though? |
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gpandas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
53. jp overwhelmed by sarcasm n/t |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 09:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
50. Life styles are different in Italy... |
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Liberal Classic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-04 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Though obesity is not communicable, the War On Fat jiggles forth |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
23. A lot of thin people have no room in their |
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Redhead488 (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 07:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Expend more calories than you consume - simple process |
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classics (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
55. Your 'law of physics' argument has been disproven. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 05:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. You are obviously one of the people |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
24. I see "taxing junk food"... |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
25. It should depend on the nature of the person's obesity. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 09:26 AM Response to Reply #25 |
47. What if.... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
27. Here's the thing..... |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
36. If it will get my health insurance to cover joining a gym/health club |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 08:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. That's totally wrong. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 09:41 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. That surgery makes people miserable and sick... |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 03:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
57. My insurance covers up to $50 per year for gym/health clubs |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
44. As Long As Medicare Doesn't Fund Weight-Loss Surgery |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 06:06 PM Response to Reply #44 |
62. Stomach stapling is becoming more and more |
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Commendatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
48. It should be case-by-case, judged by doctors. |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
52. I think, from a business standpoint, this makes a lot of sense |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 06:00 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Thanks for a sensible post! HELPING |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-04 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
54. Texas Governor Perry's obesity fighting plan |
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