Quote Originally Posted by Swmrguy11 View Post
I don't even understand the concept of becoming morbidly obese. I have a lot of trouble keeping weight on even though I eat 5 to 6000 calories a day during the swimming season.
Isn't that self-explanatory? You're active...you probably have muscle mass that requires a significant portion of those calories just to maintain itself. And, you can probably eat all the fast-food you want without a second thought about it.

Being overweight is one thing, linked to genetics, age, lifestyle, etc, but to me, there's no excuse for being morbidly obese. Morbid obesity is usually the result of either depression or a related eating disorder that causes a person to eat and gain so much weight that they can't live a normal life. I think that these people need help - but turning them away at the fast-food counter isn't the way to go about it, they will find a way to get their food.

Passing a bill like this one would just stigmatize these people even more and push them further in seclusion where they would be even less likely to get the help that they need.

Food is literally like a drug addiction for some of these people...taking the dealers off the street doesn't curb the demand...