Point taken.

However, getting cancer and having your joints give out due to old age are things you really can't do anything about. You CAN do something about obesity, though. That's something that's in your control, so racking up the health care costs of being an adult-onset diabetic or replacing joints due to punishment and not age is a little different.

At least that's the way I see it. I'm an insulin-dependant diabetic, as you know. And I do mt best to make sure I'm not a burden on the health care system by keeping my blood glucose in tight control. But mostly I do it because I don't want to die.

I don't dislike obese people..........I just wonder why they aren't more motivated to live.