Weight Bigots

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

I'll just say this. I quite often see obese people doing things like buying a pack of ding dongs together with a Mountain Dew at say 9:00 a.m. This type of thing just leaves me agape at any time of day. I know it's not kind to judge, but from my observations I think a lot of obesity is indeed due to food intake, probably more food choice than quantity. Junk food is probably a more damaging addiction in our country than porn or whatever you want to name. Why isn't there a D&C section on it?

Whole foods doesn't sell ding dogs and Mt. Dew.

Where are you shopping these days?

[creekster]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

that obesity by itself doesn't cause health problems.

this was the view until not long ago. That obesity was just a symptom.

now it is recognized as a unique health problem in and of itsefl.

How so?

[MikeWaters]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10792368/

http://www.google.com/search?q=obesi...ient=firefox-a

[Indy Coug]

With medical underwriting for life insurance, being overweight does not in and of itself result in higher premiums (unless someone is grossly overweight). If someone is slightly overweight but checks out with blood pressure, blood and urinalysis, they still get the standard insurance rates.

I couldn't tell you how it works for health insurance.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10792368/

http://www.google.com/search?q=obesi...ient=firefox-a

How common is it to see an old obese person walking around? Not.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

With medical underwriting for life insurance, being overweight does not in and of itself result in higher premiums (unless someone is grossly overweight). If someone is slightly overweight but checks out with blood pressure, blood and urinalysis, they still get the standard insurance rates.

I couldn't tell you how it works for health insurance.

No I submit obese persons are likely ill more often. And although some premiums may not be immediately reflected in premiums, they do have indirect impact.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

With medical underwriting for life insurance, being overweight does not in and of itself result in higher premiums (unless someone is grossly overweight). If someone is slightly overweight but checks out with blood pressure, blood and urinalysis, they still get the standard insurance rates.

I couldn't tell you how it works for health insurance.

I think that the life insurance trails the evidence in this case. I hear a lot about how obesity is now considered an independent health risk, whereas before it wasn't.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

How common is it to see an old obese person walking around? Not.

LOL. Maybe in Seattle.

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I think that the life insurance trails the evidence in this case. I hear a lot about how obesity is now considered an independent health risk, whereas before it wasn't.

Mortality studies are continually being done, both as an industry and internally. I guarantee you if this was a statistically significant issue, the medical underwriting criteria would change.

[Black Diamond Bay]

Originally Posted by Archaea

What form of overweightness bugs you?

The morbidly obese rotund types?

The big gut, butt crack exposure?

The hanging fat from arms?

The non sixpack stomach types?

Any others?

The kind where the fat person is offended if the skinny person mentions a concern about being too skinny (as though the comment had anything to do with them), but see nothing wrong with continually puting the skinny person in an awkward position by talking about their own fatness. I never know what to say to those kinds of remarks so I usually just sit there in silence.