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Originally Posted by czb
not necessarily true. there is a high incidence of lung cancer among women who have never smoked. the reasons why are not known.
and it is true that thin people can be unhealthy, but it is KNOWN that morbidly obese people are a drain on the healthcare system. they have more health conditions, it is harder to do procedures/surgery on them and have higher insurance premiums as a result.
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The high cost of obesity causes
everyone's insurance premiums to go up, not just those of the obese. And a lot of our tax money goes to treatment of obesity-related disease (diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, etc.). I read somewhere that half of treatment dollars for obesity-related health issues are paid for by Medicaid/Medicare. Those are YOUR tax dollars, people!