I live in a town where there are alot of obese people that all seem to have stickers for disabled parking. I think if you don't take care of yourself physically, the healthy people that chose to take care of themselves should not have to pay higher insurance, loss of parking spaces (believe me this town has alot of disabled spaces) etc.
Any thoughts
2007-01-12 11:04:03 · 12 answers · asked by Cherie 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
I am in the healthcare profession, and things like diabetes, heart problems, high blood pressure, and on and on and on are directly related to obesity. Through proper diet and excercise you can get rid of soooo many diseases. If I send all the fat people to an island with just fruits and veggies, trust me, they would ALL lose weight. People fail there themselves
2007-01-12 11:22:33 · update #1
Chronic heart conditions will cause weight gain with fluid, chronic renal failure will cause weight gain, liver failure/liver cancer can cause a person to put on a large amount of fluid as can steroids for breathing problems, immune system problems, and brain cancer. It isn't easy to tell why someone isn't healthy.
When you are young it is easy to stand on your soapbox and look down on the ugly of the world...until you get older and the ugly becomes your Mom, or your sister, or your Friend. With time you step down off that soapbox because someone you truly love needs help getting out of the car, needs someone to walk slower, needs someone to reach up for them. With time, you will be off the soapbox and sitting down looking up at a larger box, wishing the person inside, even if ugly things had become part of their life, could come back to you for just a little longer. But it doesn't work that way...
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health care professional?! Professional What? I do not know what letters you claim after your name, but I do know that if you ever came on my floor or near my patients with that attitude, you would soon be out the door, if you were ever qualified to be there in the first place.
2007-01-12 11:37:00 · answer #1 · answered by PJ H 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You should just Than God that you are not in a position where you have to park in the handicapped space, and pray that you never will instead of passing judgement on other people. You don't know how those people became obese. Some may have let themselves go and some may have serious medical conditions. You don't want anyone judging you, so you shouldn't judge others.
2007-01-12 11:32:20 · answer #2 · answered by mrsK 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are probably other problems that inhibit their movement that is not a cause of their obesity. They could be obese because of these problem if you get my meaning.
As far as disabled spaces go that is just code. For so many regular spaces you need to have so many handicap parking spaces.
As far as higher health insurance goes there are many reasons for high rates. Someone has diabetes it causes rates to go up, someone has a chronic health problem such as cystic fibrosis, it causes our rates to go up. The problem with insurance lies with the deficiency in our health care system not obese people.
2007-01-12 11:14:38 · answer #3 · answered by butterflykisses427 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quite an ignorant statement for a 'healthcare professional'... obesity can be both a cause and effect of many diseases, and unless you know each and every person you so readily criticise, you are in NO POSITION to pass judgment.
And you took the Hippocratic Oath?
Hypocritic Oath is more like it.
2007-01-12 23:55:34 · answer #4 · answered by Blah? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are in the medical field you should have more compassion for people than you are showing. You should know that most of those overweight people have multiple system diseases.
The first question to quality on St of MS handicap tag is ..Do you need to stop after trying to walk 200 ft to rest?
True, there are fat ones out there who need their weight monitored but they need support from us, not being put down...that is the doctors job to help them....
Also...what do you care, you aren't going to use the spot are you to just run in for a minute are you?
2007-01-12 14:58:27 · answer #5 · answered by Gypsygrl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some may fall into the category of lazy slobs who choose not to take care of themselves and there are others who have serious medical problems so I don't pass judgement on any of them. I'm not overweight and very healthy but still require handicap parking for other medical reasons. I just wish more parking spots were available for us.
2007-01-12 11:23:16 · answer #6 · answered by normy in garden city 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever thought that some/most of those people have some underlying conditions - hence the disabled parking tag?
I'm hypothryoid myself. No, I am not gigantic, and, I don't want/need disabled parking; but, it is a bear to lose weight...even with my hormones supposedly in the right range.
2007-01-12 11:15:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If a individual is epileptic then they ought to no longer be driving! much less searching for facilitates to music they are even worse. think of of others. The particular parking is for ones that it is confusing to stroll. you should be out getting each and all the exercising you could. it is greater probable to shrink your spells. dark Chocolate, on a daily basis -0.5 a serving - decreased my spells with tips from ninety%!
2016-10-07 01:55:37 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have a majority of health problems from being obese.
2007-01-12 11:13:12 · answer #9 · answered by rustybones 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who wants to eat veggies i like my fat guy sticker! now move out of the way so i can unload my scooter!
2007-01-12 19:04:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋