What a way to motivate, not

[polksaladallie]

HE CERTAINLY doesn’t beat around the bush.

The head of the Australian Medical Association Queensland (AMAQ) has slammed residents of the Sunshine State, saying they’re too fat and drink too much, as the group lobbies for health reforms ahead of the state election later this month.

Dr Rudd also said unhealthy meals at school tuckshops should also be scrapped to prevent the next generation developing poor diet habits.

“The school tuckshops are supposed to be healthy places, but the reality is, they (aren’t).”

“We’ve all seen tuckshop ladies and there’s a reason why they’ve got tuckshop arms.”

Apart from being too fat, Queenslanders also drank too much, Dr Rudd said.

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/queensland-facing-obesity-state-of-emergency-says-head-of-au...

He has since apologised for the "tuckshop arms" remark.

[lal-au0]

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@aps1080 wrote:

Because we eat too much, drink to much, have far to much sugar in our diet and don't exercise as much !

Just my HO.

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Yeah we can't actually SAY that because some people might be offended.

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People should not get offended when uncomfortable truth is said because something needs to be done.  Overweight people often complain that they are discriminated against and judged etc.  The fact is that overweight people put lots of stress on our medical services.  Something has to be done for their sake and for the sake of their children, who have increased chance to be also obese. 

There is a big difference between being nasty and insulting just for sake of it, which is unacceptable, and constructive criticism. 

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fat people are cheaper in the long term. they die young, don't draw the aged pension or need hip replacements and other medical treatment when they are 95 because they never get that old. people are most expensive for the health system when they are old. fat people don't even get there so they are much cheaper to run than skinny sport freaks who never drink. they probably should subsidise cigarettes and alcohol rather than tax it from a financial point of view.

[aps1080]

Disagree.

My father is overweight, one back op, Both knees twice, one hip once.
Now 80 something.

But the rest of what you say is right, i think.

[evil_akuma_2002]

I'm overweight - and offended by all the sleights on fat people on this thread!

[lal-au0]

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@evil_akuma_2002 wrote:

I'm overweight - and offended by all the sleights on fat people on this thread!

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come here and try to butcher me then if you are rightly so offended as is your right is in these times.

better bring a gun though cos i probably run too fast if you only bring an axe

now thinking of it, maybe tim tams should be subsidised too.

[lal-au0]

some people feel hungry all the time, no matter if they just have eaten a big meal.

looking at the statistics and the science it seems unfair to blame individuals.

i know some people don't feel hungry very much.

i for example don't feel thirsty - unless i am half dead from dehydration. and then i still only feel  slightly thirsty.

i wish i felt as hungry as i feel thirsty as it would be so easy to maintain the perfect weight.

those who do not feel much hunger or appetite are indeed very luck and often can't understand what it is like to be hungry all the time.

[polksaladallie]

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@lal-au0 wrote:

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fat people are cheaper in the long term. they die young, don't draw the aged pension or need hip replacements and other medical treatment when they are 95 because they never get that old. people are most expensive for the health system when they are old. fat people don't even get there so they are much cheaper to run than skinny sport freaks who never drink. they probably should subsidise cigarettes and alcohol rather than tax it from a financial point of view.

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In 2005, overweight and obese Australian adults cost the Australian economy $21 billion in direct health care and direct non-health care costs, plus an additional $35.6 billion in government subsidies, according to a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia.

[***super_nova***]

When i was diagnosed with cancer I had to wait for bed to be free.  It took about a week; considering that a cancerous cell could have separated at any moment and cause metastasis, i was pretty desperate to have the tumor out of me.  When I got to hospital there were several extremely obese people who were there simply because the doctors needed to run tests on them but because of all the fat, it was not possible to get to their veins.  They were there already for several weeks, and when I discharged myself 10 days later, not only they were still there, but it looked like they will continue to be there, and their relies will continue to smuggle food to them, while some unfortunate person may die because they have to wait for urgent treatment. 

Fortunately, my cancer did not spread, but we never know how many people who have to wait for bed are not so lucky.  So it is not just the $ thousands it is the stress on the hospital system.