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1 posted on 06/17/2014 2:58:09 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed

NO.

Next.


2 posted on 06/17/2014 2:59:09 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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The handicap parking spots at Wall-mart are generally taken by hugely fat people whose only handicap appears to be they’re FAT. They also take the electric scooters when they appear to walk just fine. (The best part is, the complain about how slow they are. Talk about entitlement!)


3 posted on 06/17/2014 3:02:12 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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If your 5 foot 6 and weigh 350 pounds and consume a whole chicken, half a loaf of bread, 4 beers, half a quart of beans and potato salad, and polish it off with half a cheese cake in one meal, No. Your just being a pig.


10 posted on 06/17/2014 3:17:45 PM PDT by Dallas59 ("Remember me as you pass by, As you are now, so once was I, As I am now, so you will be")
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To: Citizen Zed
Is Obesity a Disability?

Yes. IT is a disability.

But it's not a protected class that needs government rules (or laws), accommodations, or awareness programs of any sort.

11 posted on 06/17/2014 3:26:07 PM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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Well if the powers that be (government, cough, cough) view it as an epidemic demanding a full scale public health response than the only question remaining is; does being obese meet the accepted definition of a disability under current definitions and standards? In the U.S. under the ADA a disability is defined as,

“(A) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of such individual;”

IF ECJ uses such a standard than yes morbid obesity (and for some people perhaps obesity) would be a disability.


12 posted on 06/17/2014 3:30:31 PM PDT by lastchance ("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
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"Obesity, however it will come to be defined, would need to be approached just like any other physical or mental impairment."

NO refined sugar
NO flour
NO grains
NO processed foods
NO juice

Eat everything else. The pounds will fall off.

14 posted on 06/17/2014 3:33:02 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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15 posted on 06/17/2014 3:33:41 PM PDT by Oratam
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To: Citizen Zed

We passed the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and employers just quit hiring the disabled.


16 posted on 06/17/2014 3:41:59 PM PDT by umgud (I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
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To: Citizen Zed
Is obesity a disability?

No, although it can be a secondary effect of other potentially disabling issues such as thyroid or sleep disorders.

What makes most fat people fat?

Carbohydrates.

Especially wheat (including whole wheat) and other grains (including whole grains and sugar and high fructose corn syrup.)

The recipe for weight loss and better health? Limiting carbos (lots of good resources on how much), and eliminating wheat and other grains and sugar, all to the extent possible.

(Disclaimer, I'm not a nutrition professional, do your own dd).

17 posted on 06/17/2014 3:43:28 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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Twenty years in clinical medicine taught me that obesity is sometimes a *result* of a disability.


21 posted on 06/17/2014 4:40:05 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party Policy:Lie,Deny,Refuse To Comply)
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