Fat people are allowed to be fat...there's no doubt about that, and no way in the world to tell them that they can't be...just like smokers can smoke, drinkers can drink, and if pot is legalized, potheads can legally get as stoned as they want...

But...just like smokers pay more for health insurance, so should those who maintain a lifestyle that will make them a bigger burden on the health care system...and anyone who thinks obesity (not necessarily just being overweight) is not a huge drain on our health care system, and destined to be a larger and larger drain as time goes by, is in total denial.

Diabetes, heart conditions...huge dollars. Even the orthopedic costs are considerably higher for obese people...knees, ankles, feet, hips.

The obesity epidemic will not only be the biggest cost for health care, it will only get worse as we continue as a nation to get fatter and fatter...

Fish on...

Todd