Morbid obesity is considered a disability these days..?

Question

They get their own special parking spaces, industrial strength scooter things because their legs can't support their stomach, and get disability checks...

Who decided that having a huge sagging stomach was considered a disability!?

Thank you for that scolding response conceited Asian girl. Your superior intellect really puts mine in its place. I feel absolutely terrible now, please show me the way to salvation.

Answer 1

For those of us who are obese, including me at 620, we don't think of ourselves as disabled (at least I don't). However, as one grows larger or is a certain size, one may not be able to walk adequately without help. Legally, that may mean the person is disabled and should benefit from certain items like motorized carts or disability parking spaces. I know that I have been offered the cart and offered by my bus drivers that I can use the bus lift to get on and off the bus. However, I choose not to take either. I still walk (slowly and much like a waddle) and swim. I choose to be this way because I love being very fat and do not consider my self disabled. That does not apply to others. If others need the diability help, they should be able to use such help. Not everyone chooses to be their size. How they choose to deal with their size is a choice each one makes and should be allowed to make.

Answer 2

Morbid obesity is certainly a disability these days because it increases the incidence of diseases like Hypertension,Atherosclerosis(fat deposition or increased cholesterol inthe body which is otherwise known as hypercholesterolaemia).It also leads to higher levels of Tryglicerides and higher levels of low-density lipoproteins(LDL which is otherwise called bad cholesterol in the layman's term)These factors indirectly contribute to CAD(coronary artery disease) and sometimes sudden death also.
Obesity is also one of the leading causes of backache and Knee-pain.One has to keep his diet regime very strict with low-fat,low-cholesterol diet and at the same time reducing obesity by increasing his physical activity.Once the Osteo-arthritis of the knees starts due to obesity,he will be slowly disabled(crippled) to carry on his daily activities.It is mentioned that if your abdominal measurement is one inch more than your chest measurement, your life-span is likely to be decreased by one year.

Answer 3

Well first of all not everyone can help there obesity and second of all, with the way our country is, I am ashamed to say that I know people that all they have to do is say, " I hear voices, they tell me to kill myself" and act a little stupid and guess what they have it. So stop knocking on the bigger people of the world just because you don't agree with it

Answer 4

Yes please stop knocking on the bigger ppl.
It IS a disability if your so sick you cant move. Stop thinking of obesity as a cosmetic issue and instead as the disease it is. No one see's cancer this way!

Answer 5

America the Beautiful...

Answer 6

I agree! Everytime I see someone driving one of those carts--they are a gross fat pig.