If You Are Obese And Don't Even Try To Eat Healthy Why Should I Have To Pay For Your Medical Care?

[LisaM]

8. Because obesity is not a choice and because our food system is set up

so that a lot of the foods that cheaply feed a family aren't always the best nutritional choices. This was brought home sharply to me the other day when I bought basil in an organic grocery store that was $10 a bag. I decided to buy it anyway, but when I left the store I did give a thought to people who only had $10 a week for groceries total and what they could buy with it if they had a couple of kids. Paying that much for organic basic has basically haunted me for a whole week.

I was reading an article about the "Biggest Loser" (a fat-shaming show if there ever was one), and how the people cannot keep the weight off because at some point their own bodies turn against them. They're exercising like crazy, eating under 1000 calories per day, and still gaining weight back.

Obesity is a very complicated issue (as are other things that pose chronic health problems) and I for one don't want to play judge and jury to the people suffering from it.