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Life Of The Obese

As you can probably imagine the life of an obese person is anything but easy. They are teased, starred at, and most of the time it is not even their fault that they are overweight. Many people I know have had to endure this because a lot of my family is overweight. Dr. Simeons calls this... Injustice To The Obese "When then obese patients are accused of cheating, gluttony, lack of will power, greed and sexual complexes, the strong become indignant and decide that modern medicine is a fraud and its representatives fools, while the weak just give up the struggle in despair. In either case the result is the same: a further gain in weight, resignation to an abominable fate and the resolution at least to live tolerably the short span allotted to them - a fig for doctors and insurance companies. Obese patients only feel physically well as long as they are stationary or gaining weight. They may feel guilty, owing to the lethargy and indolence always associated with obesity. T...