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Swine Flu Kills Obese People Disproportionately
Philip K Dickhead writes "Bloomberg is reporting that the World Health Organization discovered a single, surprising characteristic that's emerged among swine flu victims who become severely ill: They are all fat. Infected people with a body mass index greater than 40 suffer respiratory complications that are harder to treat and can be fatal. The virus appears to be on a collision course with the obesity epidemic. WHO officials are gathering statistics to confirm and understand this development. 'It's very likely that if we went back retrospectively and looked at people who did poorly during seasonal flu, what would shake out is that obesity would be one of the risks.' Fat cells secrete chemicals that cause chronic, low-level inflammation that can hamper the body's immune response and narrow the airways, says Tim Armstrong, a doctor working in the WHO's chronic diseases department in Geneva."
Put down that nacho. Now!
Hm... How many fatsos does it take to make a pig fly?
Makes me hungry.
Fuck systemd. Fuck Redhat. Fuck Soylent, too. Wait, scratch the last one.
Pig flu affects fat persons.. I didn't see that one coming!
I like it how this got modded down as troll and flamebait :)
fyi, i'm somewhat fat myself. but atleast I see the reality and admit its not good, instead of modding down :)
Here they come out of the woodwork, those who like to improve their low self-esteem by bashing on fat people. I'm sure we'll get plenty of quotes of the laws of thermodynamics and the like. Anyone want to place bets?
But while you're sitting on your high horse, you might want to go read something like _The End of Overeating_ so that instead of just assuming fat people are morally inferior you might get a clue about what's *really* going on out there. Just a thought.
"Where quality is like a dead stinking rat - you just can't miss it."
That usually (YMMV) means you're eating the wrong food. Your body tends to stay hungry until it has got what it needs. Eat something else and the craving remains.
I wonder how many more trolls are going to post as AC and refuse to acknowledge the fact that different people's bodies process food differently, or that different people's bodies have very different hunger mechanism.
That seems a little farfetched, unless you ate one of those things she is allergic to because you wanted her to die. I suppose you could be looking at involuntary manslaughter.
Well yeah that's much better, isn't it. If my wife died I'd feel so much better about being up on manslaughter instead of murder charges. What an asshole!
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Do you also believe people in wheelchairs are "just lazy"? If someone's choking do you proclaim that he'd cough it up if he had an ounce of initiative? When people drown was it because they were too weak willed to hold their breath?
Sorry, but all I hear from you is excuses excuses excuses. I weighed 280lbs at one point. I decided I was sick of my self image and through DIET ALONE, I am now down to 220lbs, and still decreasing a few pounds every month. This is while on medical steroids, prednisone, which increases your appetite. The only thing holding you back is excuses, and the fact you really don't want to try.
I'm tired of the "I lost weight therefore you can too or else you're a fat lazy slob stories". All it does is make stupid people feel good about themselves at the expense of others. Please take a look at the long term statistics for weight loss. Come back and tell me how well you're doing in 10 years.
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Maybe you should get a life and get a clue how to deal with people instead of playing the rather easy and obvious game of vilifying and fat bashing. Do you feel good about yourself playing the bully? Do you think I'm going to take advice from a self absorbed fool who gets his kicks putting down people because they are fat? Do you think I'm stupid enough or have low enough self esteem to care what someone that behaves as you just have thinks? If you cared a damn about my well being you'd never even contemplate being that way. You don't want me to play the victim. Fine. I won't. So go fly a kite, you loser.
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eat less
exercise more
that's it. that's the magic. everything else is bloviating
Translation: I have no trouble losing weight so I'll make the assumption that you're lying when you say you do.
Take a look. I'm not the only one having trouble losing weight. Do you have any freaking idea what the stats on long term weight loss (5 years, 10 years out) are like? No I didn't think so.
Go fly a kite.
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I have Type 2 diabetes... brought on from eating too much sugar.
I have Type 2 diabetes... because one birthday cake just isn't enough.
I have Type 2 diabetes... and I know how to treat my body. (Why do all fatties say this?)
I have Type 2 diabetes... but it's not my fault...
I need 2,000 calories just to sit on my arse all day. Forget the extra I need for light exercising. If I eat less than 2,000 calories per day, I will lose weight. On paper, in my head, typed into a spreadsheet and printed on gold fucking toilet paper - it all gives the same result.
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