[Vision2020] Should Legislation Protect the Obese?

[Donovan Arnold]

I can say as someone that use to be morbidly obese before I lost 95 lbs, it comes down to education. So I think that people that are an unhealthy weight and want employers or the taxpayers to flip the bill for their medical expenses, should be required to take educational courses on diet, exercise, food, and nutrition. 
 
Most people overweight don't want to be. It isn't just about will power or exercise. It is about knowing what to do to avoid losing the ability to resist bad choices and how to make good choices that lead to better choices later on. Approaching weight control as if you must resist food and force yourself to exercise is living a hellish nightmare that will only lead to psychiatric problems and eventual failure. That is the wrong way to change your life and your health. I am not within 25 lbs of my ideal weight instead of 120 because I am able to resist donuts. I am this weight now because I educated myself and kicked the addictions of smoking, drinking, soda, fast food, high fructose corn syrup, and I enjoy walking and doing things. I have a donut when the mood strikes me, but it doesn't strike me 10 times a day like it use to. 
 
Obese and all people do need protection from ignorance and the barrage of false claims about food and what is good and bad for you. Much of our food is drugged with chemicals to make you addicted to it. Much of our food also contains high fructrose corn syrup, which is sugar. Diet soda, even though it has 0 calories, can easily make a person gain 15-50lbs of excess weight and also cause high blood pressure and diabetes. People need proper education so they can live healthier lives. So yes, they need protection. They need protection from the government and advertisers that push addictive garbage and sugar as food. 
 
Donovan Arnold
 

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Should Legislation Protect the Obese? 
NY Times OP/ED 

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/11/28/should-legislation-protect-obese-people/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1 
  
  
Wayne A. Fox
wayne.a.fox at gmail.com
 
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