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Workers' Compensation Industry Worried About Obesity Claims
National News • June 9, 2009
It's time to face facts: the U.S. is a nation of obese workers. About a quarter of the nation is obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While this presents ...
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| Where does it stop? | David Clausen | Jun 18, 2009, 8:57 am |
| RE: KLS | KLS | Jun 16, 2009, 2:45 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: RE: Joey- WHY BE TOUGH OR RUDE????? | realistic | Jun 15, 2009, 5:05 pm |
| KLS | Paul | Jun 15, 2009, 3:48 pm |
| Stay on the subject | riverrat | Jun 15, 2009, 3:44 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: Joey- WHY BE TOUGH OR RUDE????? | Dawn | Jun 15, 2009, 2:19 pm |
| RE: RE: Joey- WHY BE TOUGH OR RUDE????? | realistic | Jun 15, 2009, 2:05 pm |
| RE: Rude | KLS | Jun 15, 2009, 12:40 pm |
| Rude | Paul | Jun 15, 2009, 12:25 pm |
| RE: Why do American women let themself get so heavy? | Dawn | Jun 15, 2009, 11:57 am |
| RE: RE: RE: Joey- WHY BE TOUGH OR RUDE????? | Dawn | Jun 15, 2009, 11:52 am |
| Why do American women let themself get so heavy? | Hameeda | Jun 15, 2009, 11:47 am |
| RE: RE: Joey- WHY BE TOUGH OR RUDE????? | Devils Advocate | Jun 15, 2009, 11:47 am |
| RE: Joey | Joey | Jun 15, 2009, 11:40 am |
| RE: RE: Joey- WHY BE TOUGH OR RUDE????? | 2lanelover | Jun 15, 2009, 11:38 am |
| RE: Joey- WHY BE TOUGH OR RUDE????? | Dawn | Jun 15, 2009, 11:23 am |
| Joey | Nebraskan | Jun 15, 2009, 11:02 am |
| RE: Once again...to Paul | Joey | Jun 15, 2009, 9:39 am |
| Once again...to Paul | Nebraskan | Jun 15, 2009, 9:15 am |
| RE: As a full figured woman, I find many of your posts offen | Paul | Jun 14, 2009, 7:31 am |
| As a full figured woman, I find many of your posts offensive | Rosie | Jun 12, 2009, 12:42 pm |
| Solution=Awareness, Education Solution=HealthCheck360.com | Jim Wachtel | Jun 12, 2009, 9:30 am |
| Just an Initiative | Paul | Jun 12, 2009, 6:44 am |
| RE: RE: Just an Initiative | Joey | Jun 11, 2009, 1:36 pm |
| RE: Just an Initiative | nobody important | Jun 11, 2009, 1:19 pm |
| Just an Initiative | Paul | Jun 11, 2009, 9:24 am |
| RE: RE: To Paul.... | nobody important | Jun 11, 2009, 8:46 am |
| RE: To Paul.... | Paul | Jun 11, 2009, 6:56 am |
| Photos | Ann Arkey | Jun 11, 2009, 4:35 am |
| RE: RE: Opinion | nobody important | Jun 10, 2009, 6:21 pm |
| RE: Opinion | KLS | Jun 10, 2009, 5:41 pm |
| Hey Ralph | riverrat | Jun 10, 2009, 3:33 pm |
| To Paul.... | Nebraskan | Jun 10, 2009, 1:50 pm |
| RE: The evidence | Ralph | Jun 10, 2009, 1:46 pm |
| Opinion | Joey | Jun 10, 2009, 1:45 pm |
| The evidence | riverrat | Jun 10, 2009, 1:43 pm |
| Wish I knew... | KLS | Jun 10, 2009, 12:38 pm |
| RE: To Nobody Important | nobody important | Jun 10, 2009, 11:36 am |
| To Nobody Important | Paul | Jun 10, 2009, 11:30 am |
| RE: RE: RE: RE: Only In America | Dawn | Jun 10, 2009, 11:03 am |
| RE: RE: RE: Only In America | Nebraskan | Jun 10, 2009, 10:15 am |
| RE: RE: Wow- Stat Guy | dawn | Jun 10, 2009, 10:09 am |
| RE: Wow | Stat Guy | Jun 10, 2009, 6:39 am |
| RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: Lazy | nobody important | Jun 9, 2009, 3:34 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: RE: Lazy | Joey | Jun 9, 2009, 3:29 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: RE: Lazy | dawn | Jun 9, 2009, 3:23 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: Wow | Fankie | Jun 9, 2009, 3:22 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: Lazy | nobody important | Jun 9, 2009, 3:20 pm |
| RE: RE: Wow | nobody important | Jun 9, 2009, 3:17 pm |
| RE: RE: Lazy | Joey | Jun 9, 2009, 3:16 pm |
| RE: Wow | Fankie | Jun 9, 2009, 3:09 pm |
| RE: Lazy | nobody important | Jun 9, 2009, 3:07 pm |
| RE: RE: Lazy- Paul | hellosully | Jun 9, 2009, 3:07 pm |
| RE: Lazy- Paul | dawn | Jun 9, 2009, 3:02 pm |
| RE: Lazy | hellosully | Jun 9, 2009, 2:53 pm |
| Lazy | Paul | Jun 9, 2009, 2:45 pm |
| "Obesity" articles always make me nervous. | KLS | Jun 9, 2009, 2:40 pm |
| Have another.... | Hey Zeus | Jun 9, 2009, 2:39 pm |
| RE: Wow | nobody important | Jun 9, 2009, 2:26 pm |
| RE: Lazy | riverrat | Jun 9, 2009, 2:23 pm |
| RE: RE: Here's A Novel Approach | Hellosully | Jun 9, 2009, 2:22 pm |
| Lazy | David | Jun 9, 2009, 2:10 pm |
| RE: Here's A Novel Approach | Suze | Jun 9, 2009, 2:05 pm |
| Double Wow | AL Agent | Jun 9, 2009, 1:59 pm |
| Wow | Jupiter | Jun 9, 2009, 1:50 pm |
| RE: RE: RE: Only In America | dawn | Jun 9, 2009, 1:39 pm |
| RE: RE: Only In America | Joe H | Jun 9, 2009, 1:24 pm |
| RE: RE: Only In America | Fankie | Jun 9, 2009, 1:21 pm |
| RE: RE: Or.... | Reagan | Jun 9, 2009, 1:20 pm |
| RE: Or.... | Stat Guy | Jun 9, 2009, 1:17 pm |
| RE: Only In America | dawn | Jun 9, 2009, 1:11 pm |
| Only In America | Enough Already | Jun 9, 2009, 12:58 pm |
| Here's A Novel Approach | Anna | Jun 9, 2009, 12:57 pm |
| Just an Idea | Just an Idea | Jun 9, 2009, 12:49 pm |
| Or.... | Jupiter | Jun 9, 2009, 12:38 pm |
| A problem easily solved..... | Gill Fin | Jun 9, 2009, 12:22 pm |
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Subject: RE: Only In America
What a lot of people don't realize is that food addiction is every bit as real as alcoholism or drug addiction. Treatment only goes so far. A vast majority of what is now called morbidly obese have serious mental health issues. Calling them lazy, fat or any of the other names that people here love doesn't help. Makes it worse 100% of the time.
Do you guys hang out at the halfway house to call recovering alcoholics drunks? Maybe at a methadone clinic to harass the drug users while they're trying to get straight. Not much difference.
The most morbidly obese people I know - 3 of them- I met them at all completely different places and times in my life. All three of them had horrible childhoods - lots of pain, lots of the same issues that drug addicts or alcoholics have. Their 'drug of choice' is food. Just because it's a big mac and not cocaine doesn't mean it's any easier to quit.
You think people weight 400 lbs because it's fun?