14 pages of stating the obvious and the witterings of apologists.

Unless you have a genuine medical condition, obese people are greedy and/or lazy. Stupidity is not a medical condition and not realising you get fat from eating too much and sitting on your ar$e in from of celebrity and reality trash tv is no excuse. Many other forms of behaviour are targeted for their impact on society, so why not the obese? (please note the distinction between overweight and obese)

I accept that there are mitigating factors with the demise of industry and a move to service jobs, physical excercise is less a part of daily routine. Marketing and covenience are also factors but just methods of exploiting the laziness of people.

It has been said numerous times already and its common sense for pity's sake, eat reasonably healthily and excercise in moderation.

Who knows maybe you wont be one of the increasing number of diabetes sufferers and maybe you wont die of a heart attack while your children are still young and maybe you wont be refused medical treatment in the future because anesthetising large animals too great a risk and maybe.....

Look in the chilled fresh veg section of any supermarket now and you'll find mashed potato, mashed swede, peeled & sliced or diced carrots etc etc etc. I must admit to occasionally buying mashed potato & swede but that's only because Morrison's have knocked it down to £0.09p and it would cost more in gas to boil the spuds.

You'll lose your skills. Then, they'll up their prices to nine quid and you'll be stuffed.

need to find a camera with a powerful zoom first .....

(i've got a [ubig[/u heart though...)

I might get a place in the male equivalent of the Roly Polys though.....

Yeah just like when I bought a car, I immediately forgot how to ride a bike

irony, irony, they've all got it ir...oh hang on a minute.