Comments on: Weight screenings coming to WHS http://waylandstudentpress.com/2009/06/05/weight-screenings-coming-to-whs/ The Wayland High School and Wayland News Source Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:30:32 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: señor buchanan http://waylandstudentpress.com/2009/06/05/weight-screenings-coming-to-whs/#comment-1095 señor buchanan Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:10:38 +0000 http://waylandstudentpress.com/?p=6986#comment-1095 I agree with Anon/gif/ Obesity is not a disease. It is no more of a disease than smoking is. Just take control of your life. Why is it OK in our society to tell someone who is smoking that what he or she is doing is bad for their health, but it is completely unacceptable to tell an overweight person that eating too much is just as dangerous? I understand that there are people with medical conditions that prevent them from metabolizing or they have some other defect, but seriously, America has an obesity problem. I think it is pathetic that we cannot help ourselves get out of this mess, so we call it a disease and get doctors to help. I agree with Anon/gif/

Obesity is not a disease. It is no more of a disease than smoking is. Just take control of your life. Why is it OK in our society to tell someone who is smoking that what he or she is doing is bad for their health, but it is completely unacceptable to tell an overweight person that eating too much is just as dangerous?

I understand that there are people with medical conditions that prevent them from metabolizing or they have some other defect, but seriously, America has an obesity problem. I think it is pathetic that we cannot help ourselves get out of this mess, so we call it a disease and get doctors to help.

]]> By: Anon/gif/ http://waylandstudentpress.com/2009/06/05/weight-screenings-coming-to-whs/#comment-1094 Anon/gif/ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:10:38 +0000 http://waylandstudentpress.com/?p=6986#comment-1094 I have to agree with Kevin, as seriously? If you can't tell/see whether or not a person is in need of some sort of health renovation then this shouldn't be in place. On top of that, statistics are bull. They don't speak for the common man, just a collection. There's bound to be some off/horrible statistic on this. On top of that, how in the heck can you suffer from obesity? I mean really? That's like suffering from alcoholism: it's more like an addiction than a disease. I mean, you don't say if you're addicted to speed/meth that you're suffering from methis-ism... You are addicted, and need some help, that's all. Plus, is obesity really something you CAN suffer from? It's more like your parents are /too lazy/ to teach your a correct diet, or the person is too lazy to get up and do exercise. They should be proactive, not the schools/government. I have to agree with Kevin, as seriously? If you can’t tell/see whether or not a person is in need of some sort of health renovation then this shouldn’t be in place. On top of that, statistics are bull. They don’t speak for the common man, just a collection. There’s bound to be some off/horrible statistic on this. On top of that, how in the heck can you suffer from obesity? I mean really? That’s like suffering from alcoholism: it’s more like an addiction than a disease. I mean, you don’t say if you’re addicted to speed/meth that you’re suffering from methis-ism… You are addicted, and need some help, that’s all. Plus, is obesity really something you CAN suffer from? It’s more like your parents are /too lazy/ to teach your a correct diet, or the person is too lazy to get up and do exercise. They should be proactive, not the schools/government.

]]> By: Kevin http://waylandstudentpress.com/2009/06/05/weight-screenings-coming-to-whs/#comment-1093 Kevin Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:00:09 +0000 http://waylandstudentpress.com/?p=6986#comment-1093 I'm very against this, as our personal physicians should be able to determine our weight status. Everyone goes at least once a year. To have your school get involved can, at least I personally believe, be humiliating. I’m very against this, as our personal physicians should be able to determine our weight status. Everyone goes at least once a year. To have your school get involved can, at least I personally believe, be humiliating.

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