If You Are Obese And Don't Even Try To Eat Healthy Why Should I Have To Pay For Your Medical Care?

[zalinda]

44. Okay, let's take this step by step

First of all, not everyone wins the genetic lottery. I am from Slavic decent, I am short and big boned. I could be almost skin and bones and still not look thin. I have no fat on my wrists and yet, a regular bracelet will be quite tight on my wrist. I am also predisposed to being overweight, it is a genetic survival mechanism. Those from countries that have feast or famine type climates do tend to put on the pounds a a survival mechanism.

Secondly, stress and the lack of sleep also contribute to weight gain. Hey, if you are worried about where you are going to get the money for rent, it might be a little stressful and you might lose sleep over it.

Thirdly, disease and medications are a factor. Five to 10 percent of women have PCOS which causes obesity. Antidepressants also cause weight gain, and they are pushed a lot by doctors. Birth control pills also can make you gain weight. If you have problems with body movement, you will also gain weight. Or your body got hurt in an accident which caused you to move less.

Fourth, environment plays a factor, the more chemicals in the environment the more weight you can gain. And, most chemical producing plants are put in poor neighborhoods. There is also the violence in a neighborhood which can cause a person to hide inside their house.

Fifth, is that carbohydrates are cheaper than fresh foods. Even in food pantries, they give out canned fruit, canned vegetable, carbohydrates (rice, pasta, cereal etc) and 2 cans of tuna fish, 1 jar of peanut butter for their protein for the entire month. Then you have the markets that are with walking distance that have very little choice in the foods that they sell. Let's also not mention that food companies also have figured out the balance of salt, sugar and carbs that will get people addicted to the food.

I could go on and on about all of the above, but I'll stop.

The thrust of your statement is that if people can't help themselves then why help them? Does that also apply to those who can't find a place to live, or a disabled person who can't feed themselves, or an older person who no longer can live alone, or a person who can't find a job, or a person who is injured, or a myriad of other possibilities that could present itself?

There is nothing that is black or white in this world when it comes to human beings. When it comes to bodies, the genetic lottery is something that no one can really control, you are either lucky or you're not.

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