Require then fatties to get liposuction if they want to be scanned.
After they take it in the wallet maybe they will thing twice
about scarfing down ho-ho's and ding-dongs again.
about scarfing down ho-ho's and ding-dongs again.
Posted on 12/05/2004 1:27:08 AM PST by OnlyinAmerica
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Obese Americans are overwhelming medical imaging machines that now have a hard time peering inside their bodies, doctors reported on Wednesday. "Hospital radiology departments are increasingly unable to adequately image and assess obese patients because of the limitations in current radiology equipment," said Raul Uppot, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
The main problem is that ultrasound waves have to penetrate body tissue to produce a quality image, and that can be hindered in even slightly overweight patients, the report said.
Equipment makers "need to think about design changes and technological advancements to obtain quality imaging in larger patients," he added.
"In the meantime, radiologists need to be aware of the limitations of their current imaging equipment and optimize current protocols and equipment settings to accommodate America's fattening population," Uppot said.
He and colleagues released their report at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. It was based on a review of 15 years of radiologic exams at the Boston hospital that had been labeled as being of limited use because of body size.
The percentage of such reports nearly doubled over the period, the researchers said, and corresponded to increases in obesity in the United States. Over the 15 years, obesity increased in Massachusetts from 9 percent of the population to 16 percent.
More than 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese, with a much higher risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and some cancers than people of healthy weight.
The American Obesity Association estimates that 127 million people in the United States are overweight, 60 million are obese, and 9 million are severely obese.
Do these same people break chairs on cruise liners ?
You could be sending FReepers on a guilt trip with your "fat" threads.
It's oatmeal and an apple for me this morning.
Hat's off!
Oatmeal, though?(!)
Let's not get too crazy, here.
You better believe it. And not just chairs on cruise liners. I've had to put a new driver's seat in my car three times in six years so far, and I'm not HUGELY overweight, but I'm still too much for the seat structure.
With brown sugar and an assortment of nuts, it's pretty much an oatmeal cookie in a bowl when I get through with it. The apple clears my conscience.
What is conservative about obesity?
Unfortunately, the fruit store at the end of my block has some of the worst selection that I've ever seen/tasted in my life.
So much for "cheap labor."
What's this obsession with obesity? Let me remind you that the last time a country went on a fitness program was in Nazi Germany right before they started raising hell all over Europe. In that sense fat guys are like canaries in the mineshaft of freedom. If the fatties start slumping over, you'd better tuck your head between your legs.
| Fat obese people ares making the country a non-productive land of jabba the huts, reducing the GDP, increasing mortality rates, stressing the infrastructure,
making us less defendable and inflating health care costs.
Appeasement of the fatsos is not an option!
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1) Spend some time in a cardiac ward and you'll find out. 2) Do you enjoy paying higher health inurance premiums and taxes? If not, nuff said.
Don't forget the butter! And a little cream to top it off would be nice.
"What's this obsession with obesity?"
What up with it? In my rounds of rehab facilities and nursing homes, the youngest most impaired people, those between fifty and sixty-nine are fat. They are huge. Those are the ones who have had major coronaries and debilitating strokes.
Fat does matter.
For a real treat... Slather those apple slices in peanut butter and caramel. ;)
They are also costing us a lot in health care...
...in some ways that are invisible, such as having to buy beds, gurneys, operating tables, wheelchairs, etc that are able to handle >300 pounds.
I do not envy health workers who have to deal with such patients. Unfortunately, it seems that an awful lot of hospital workers eat too much themselves. I haven't been in many office settings, so maybe the general impression of all workplaces is a scene of large workers, but it is definitely true in hospitals.
A while back I was spending time in the hospital because we had someone in the cardiac ward. I go down to the cafeteria to grab a quick bite, and what's on the menu? Not health food. I can find some fruit and veggies okay. But very little protein that's not fried, coated in something nasty, or swimming in gravy. I was told that not many want to buy healthier food. Go figure.
That may be too late for some folks, though, especially if they're fast eaters.
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