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i'm saying that the assumption that obese people are "at fault" or "not trying" is flawed.

Posted by TFox Nov 17 '09, 07:48

because many of those people have not had to struggle with what food does to their bodies the way that very obese people do. that's all. yes, you can modify your behavior to become something closer to what society expects you to look and behave like... (although, was that not also true for homosexuals for a long long time? awful, but true.)

(i.e. you absolutely can not do anything about how your body handles food. it does what it does. you can counter act it with different behaviors. exactly the same way that a person can not choose how they react to other people sexually, though they can also choose to counter act their body's natural inclinations with choices and behaviors.)

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a better comparison is mental health, IMO -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 08:02 1
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- a) i don't think we really understand the "great costs" of obesity as it's defined. morbid obesity, yes. i think normal obesity definitions - TFox Nov 17, 08:03 7
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    - you can also turn off marrying dudes, obviously. but we don't want to. who defines excessive? - TFox Nov 17, 08:12 1
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  - Everyone is inclined to eat, but not everyone is obese -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 08:05 3
    - making my point. -- nm - TFox Nov 17, 08:06 2
      - Then I think you and Jack are... agreeing? -- nm - Roger More Nov 17, 08:12 1
        
        mostly, yes. i know it isn't a 100% perfect analogy, but what is, really? -- nm - TFox Nov 17, 08:13
but that's not true for every obese person. Plenty of people are obese because they eat too much and don't exercise. - Elf Andie Nov 17, 07:52 2
- Plenty of people are not obese despite eating too much and not exercising as well. - TFox Nov 17, 07:59 1
  - If we're judging solely on eating habits, I should probably be dead. -- nm - znufrii Nov 17, 08:03

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i'm saying that the assumption that obese people are "at fault" or "not trying" is flawed.

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