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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:06 AM Original message |
Nearly 10 percent of health spending for obesity |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. We do not need to ration health care to these people! |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Struggle with teh problem and then get back to me on the jokes. |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Gee, not funny. You obviously knew it was unappropriate, why post it? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I can't help myself. Im sorta like Edwards |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I laughed |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Not just eat LESS. It's eat different. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. and it isn't necessarily eat less or eat different.... |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Not really |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You don't know what the fuck you're talking about |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
41. Allow me to express a moment of pity for you |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Funny you should say that. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. And people who drink, and ride motorcycles, and skydive, and rockclimb... etc. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Go prove your theory then |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Ummmm...... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. What if the current rise in obesity is really not a matter of will power? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. And what if it's because little aliens sneak into our bedrooms |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. I do think we are going to have a diabetes crisis in the U.S. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. High Fructose Corn Syrup and preservatives. |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. But there are multiple factors. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
43. going to? |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. Obesity is a risk factor for a lot of diseases |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. If we address obesity what will become of |
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Silver Swan (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
12. Just because a person is fat |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. You're right. A real life example: I have 2 cousins. One has high blood pressure |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. obesity = disease found only in fat people. n/t |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. This is like saying nausea and hair loss is a huge cost to the health care industry |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I applaud you for trying... |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. I applaude your applause! |
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steelmania75 (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
19. We need to get the FDA to remove high fructose corn syrup from our food |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
22. I suspect many people think it's higher |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. This makes me think I am Nostradamus ... |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Second hand obesity isn't really a health risk |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. But you see, nor does smoking out of doors |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. Sure it is |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
55. If second hand smoke was as bad as they said ... the baby boom generation would |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Maybe your parents smoked in the house, car, etc., |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
54. Yup....what you said. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. Blaming the victim is the traditional God Bless American response. |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. By your equation it is 25% his fault but since he the weak link ........... |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
25. The only effective cure for obesity is surgery |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. That's not true. Lots and lots of people lose 50-100 or more pounds |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Bullshit |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Wow, I'm convinced |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. There is no cure for obesity |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. surgery is an effective treatment |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I know three women who have had the surgery |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
57. How can you do a double blind lifestyle change study? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
26. Does that mean 90% is spent on thin people? |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. yup, thin people cost too much!!! n/t |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yet treatment for obesity is almost ALWAYS an exclusion in the health insurance policies |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Smoking cessation, too. |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. And 30% goes to overhead... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
33. I hope a miracle pill is found soon! |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
37. Maybe its all that crap they allow to be put into our food? |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's all about slavery and addiction that exist when the Market is unfettered. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
44. phony stats. supposedly 15% of spending is on smokers = 25% on obese + smokers. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I think they are all bogus and put there by special interest groups |
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CNHander (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
51. We won't be able to legislate away the problem |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
52. I've had an autoimmune disease since 1966. |
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