obesity issues

"In March 2021, the European Commission issued a brief in which it defined obesity as a “chronic relapsing disease, which in turn acts as a gateway to a range of other non-communicable diseases”. The brief provides obesity with the formal and bind categorisation status of a non-communicable...

Link And still people normalise obesity. We even have a "Fat Studies" course running as a legitimate qualification at a university here. Typically, it is being run and promoted by an American. A very large American ... woman?.. The CEO of Britain's NHS has already claimed obesity threatens to...

Thanks to a European Court of Justice judgement, obesity can now be considered a disability. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/18/obesity-can-be-disability-eu-court-rules So, I guess we can take it that the ECJ no longer believes in personal responsibility and if that an employee...

See NY Times link. Or the Chicago Trib if you can't get into the above link. Personally I think Bloomberg's approach is a little heavy handed but I can understand his frustration. There's a direct connection between non-diet sodas, obesity and medical expenses --- and NYC does fund city...

I searched and didn't find a thread about this. What does "fat acceptance" mean to you? I'm curious about responses from both fat and non-fat people about the validity or dangers of the movement.

That is what part of this article claims: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-health9feb09,0,7947137.story I am a bit skeptical of this claim. Anyone who knows more about this, than I do, care to comment?