Cadbury downsize

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

yeah but in all honesty, if obese people are going to buy a bar of fattening chocolate the less they get the better. Although really I feel there should be some sort of ban on selling chocolate/takeaways/other crappy foods to obese people...

yeah.. hold on Im technically obease but I am not unwell? I am no more of a burden to the NHS than a thin person who may blow over in a strong breeze?

pringles used to be 200g tins, they are now 160g

[Littlepeahead]

In the same news bulletin I heard a story about ambulances having to be reinforced. 5 years ago the average patient weighed 12- 13 stone. Now the average is 17 - 20 stone. Some woman who weighs nearly 30 stone was interviewed and said how cross she was that the wheelchair and stretcher were uncomfortable on her way to hospital and when she go there they made her walk along lots of long corridors until she was out of breath. The whole interview she was making it sound as though the hospital were being totally unreasonable even though she is the one who must have eaten a few too many Dairy Milks to get to 30 stone!

Originally Posted by 454697819

yeah.. hold on Im technically obease but I am not unwell? I am no more of a burden to the NHS than a thin person who may blow over in a strong breeze?

technically obese? as in to the point of filling up a doorway? I think not. I don't mean slightly over the recommended weight you should be for your height/age/mentality or whatever.

And Nic, I realise it wasn't your point, just one I made. About your point, it is quite tragic the amount of food we get for the money now, but then it reflects exactly the financial problems this country is in.

[sv4me]

1 of my friends says she despises fat people like that, and were not talking about people who are a bit chubby or "cuddly" she means the 1s who are a danger to shipping, they beep when they back up.

Her thinking is that being 25st+ shows you are greedy, lazy and too stubborn to admit you have a problem. When I think of the £m spent on caring for these people on the NHS, I kind of have to agree with her

To any really obese people who may be reading, sorry.....please don't eat me

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

technically obese? as in to the point of filling up a doorway? I think not. I don't mean slightly over the recommended weight you should be for your height/age/mentality or whatever.

You may be suprised at how low the threshold actually is for being classed as "morbidly obese".

I'm listening to radio 2 atm, they are discussing the issues concerning the lifting of clinically obese patients, paramedics and health workers having difficulty with stretchers and lifting equipment and the pouring of more money into better equipping hospitals and ambulances. Clinical obesity is a big issue on this country, end of. Please don't think I'm "picking on fat people", good grief far from it. I just think it's a very serious issue and I don't see why we should tiptoe around the subject (sorry I appear to have gatecrashed your thread about expensive choc MBK... )

lady who's husband has recently died (over 30st) saying on radio "i want to scream at people to lose weight because everyone should be responsible for their own bodies."

Originally Posted by speedplay

You may be suprised at how low the threshold actually is for being classed as "morbidly obese".

no doubt partially a scare tactic as a measure to get them to lose weight.

Gatecrash away, lord know's I'm a serial de-railer...!

[Messie]

Originally Posted by Littlepeahead

In the same news bulletin I heard a story about ambulances having to be reinforced. 5 years ago the average patient weighed 12- 13 stone. Now the average is 17 - 20 stone. Some woman who weighs nearly 30 stone was interviewed and said how cross she was that the wheelchair and stretcher were uncomfortable on her way to hospital and when she go there they made her walk along lots of long corridors until she was out of breath. The whole interview she was making it sound as though the hospital were being totally unreasonable even though she is the one who must have eaten a few too many Dairy Milks to get to 30 stone!

I heard that too and it made me chuckle. Did the bulletin editor put the two items together deliberately I wonder?

Originally Posted by sv4me

1 of my friends says she despises fat people like that, and were not talking about people who are a bit chubby or "cuddly" she means the 1s who are a danger to shipping, they beep when they back up.

Her thinking is that being 25st+ shows you are greedy, lazy and too stubborn to admit you have a problem. When I think of the £m spent on caring for these people on the NHS, I kind of have to agree with her

To any really obese people who may be reading, sorry.....please don't eat me

I do hope you don't crash and need help from any of the emergency services or hospitals when you go out for fun on your bike on a Sunday