They should not be penalized only if they agree to donate their bodies after their death to the government who can then auction them to animal food and glue factories. Their fat can be used to make grease.

No. Being unhealthy or obese is not always the reasult of our food habit or any other lifestyle. It may arise out of hormonal changes. Sometimes there is no way to stop the hormonal imbalance. Doctors try their est effort to cure, but some diseases are incurable. Don’t we know that?

But yes Obesity is something very bad to look at. If it’s more than enough. Perhaps God makes it so much ugly because it’s dangerous to health. So that man should try to check it.

It is sad that we laugh at the bulky fat persons. But we don’t think how they must be feeling among the thin fellows all around them. And I know some ladies if very fat, feel shy to eat before all. Because they feel inferiority complex, that what others would think when they eat a lot.

But tell me view point, is it the real figure of these sexy women, or just computerized to make it look more funny? Specially designed bikini, for some special people!

i think rehabilitating obese people is what should be done, even obesity is like a disease. many succumb to food when depressed and disheartened or under pressure, the root cause should be eliminated not the people

Some people do not realise that all obese people do not become obese by choice by hogging on all things unhealthy. Sometimes hormonal imbalance or genetic defects can make a person obese. There is too much prejudice against obese people and people tend to make judgement on the fly.

neah

Rubbish! Instead of penalizing, incentives for keeping healthy and fit should be meted out. This is be a motivation factor to loose weight and live a healthy life.

I think penalizing people because they are unhealthy or obese is a bit too extreme. I know anorexic girls who starve themselves to death and this would give them a reason to indulge in ’starve unto death’ campaigns in a quest to become thin. I agree with most of you that fat people are an eyesore and can never get laid but then penalizing them for being fat isn’t the way to go about it. As sasmita says, Obesity could be inherited, babies are born obese and certain hormonal and organic disorders make a person obese. A person’s metabolism may be so bad that he/she can never burn fat and they continue to swell and turn into fat blobs. In my opinion, psychometric tests must be conducted or even the ones on the ’Tickle’ website would do, and if a person is found greedy, he/she/it must be taxed heavily and the money must be distributed to fat people for their liposuction treatments..

The state of Alabama is doing this only to ”State Employees” who are obese and not the entire population who are fat.
Also the penalty is to pay for insurance, since its the tax payers money that will go into footing medical bills of unhealthy people and not because ”fat looks ugly”.

Considering these 2 points, I don’t see too much wrong with this policy of penalizing, however I disagree as I also feel that rather than penalizing, there should be incentives to be healthy.

In fact the policy should sound like ”If you are healthy, your insurance is free, if you are unhealthy/obese, you pay for your own insurance” - that sounds like incentive and not penalty.

Obesity can also be due to genetic or hormonal disorder, so I am sure that should also be looked into rather than a carpet policy based on weight.

When we - and the world in general - talk about penalizing people for being obese, we are considering the people who are obese by choice (read: people who become fat like a pig because of their faulty lifestyles) AND NOT BECAUSE OF THEIR FAULTY DNAs. It seems you are either an obese by the fate of DNA, or a mentally ill person. Fortunately, you do not invite any penalty in both the cases.

I hope this clears the thing for you. If not, come again.

Dear all,

I agree wd Sandy Boler nd Sasmita here. Most of the people here are of notion that u r obese wd courtesy to ur unhealthy lifestyle or wrong eating habits. It is sad to know that most fat people otherwise feel both shy and complex while eating in front of someone as everyone would gaze at their plate while eating. As portrayed by our honourable media, obese people are subject to both source of fun (remember those ads or humour scenes that are incomplete without a defamed mockery of the ’fat’).

If this is supposed to be fate than y not penalize every person who is sick; penalize for AIDS which is spread as of both contaminated blood and unsafe sex. Then next day u might wish to penalize people for having fever, tuberculosis, physically or mentally challenged and numerous other diseases. There are 100 of diseases that can be mentioned here.

I just want to suggest that life isnt all abt penalizing that is an ’eyesore’ of your eye. Even obese people need the same love and motivation to loose weight. Besides, I feel that we should try to have the strength to accept the people who are not like us. After all, at the end of the day its both ur attitude and ur nature that speaks for you. If this isn’t right, none of the people who have agreed would have an obese friend. For God sake, every damn thing in the world can’t be coined for penalizing.

One more point I would like to add- Think of the amount of food that is wasted in parties and sometimes drained but no one would consider giving it to nearby orphanage or needy. I am not defending obesity but since it is a disease, the patient need to be dealt patiently and motivationally.

very true...