Should the airlines have a Fat Tax? Posted: 1 year ago by 2manyusernames
OBESE airline passengers should be forced to pay a "fat tax" to cover the cost of transporting their excess weight, according to a controversial proposal by health experts. Currently you have to pay extra for heavier luggage to cover the additional expense. Obese passengers also increases the airlines' expenses. Is it fair to make the obese pay or to spread the cost amongst all fliers?
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Obese have right to two seats Posted: 2 months ago by AutumnLotus
Canada's two largest airlines must give disabled and morbidly obese passengers an extra free seat on domestic flights, beginning in January, after the Supreme Court of Canada refused Thursday to consider the carriers' appeal of a federal order.
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Fat flyers should buy two seats, survey says Posted: 1 year ago by Lilo
Most Australians believe obese airline passengers should pay for two seats so they don't take up space from the people sitting next to them, according to a survey released Tuesday.
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Like Owner, Like Dog: One Third Of US Dogs Are Obese, Cats Also Suffer Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
Obesity in pets mirrors that of humans, as do the reasons -- decreased physical activity, age, and an increased caloric intake, even genetic predisposition. Like humans, there are also many health problems associated with being obese, such as diabetes mellitus.
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Bill would make it illegal to feed the obese Posted: 11 months ago by DemureArt
Three legislators want to make it illegal for restaurants to serve obese customers in Mississippi.
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Your best friend can make you fat Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Could your best friend make you fat?
Researchers who have studied "networks" of obesity think so: they found that if someone's friend becomes obese, that person's chances of becoming obese increase by more than half.
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Obese woman could lose 75% of her weight in 2 years Posted: 2 years ago by Wingnut
The 850 lb woman was the largest ever to have gastric bypass surgery. Her doctor believes she could be down to 200 lbs within two years, which would include surgically removing 150 lbs of excess skin.
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Obese workers cost employers more, study finds Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Obese workers may cost their employers more, filing more workers' compensation claims for injuries on the job, and then more frequently going on to become disabled.
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Instead of Airlines charging fat people for two tiny seats, just make bigger seats! Posted: 2 years ago by icepigs
That's what they're doing in China!
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World's most obese man vies for different record Posted: 8 months ago by doggylives
Mexico's Manuel Uribe, once the world's most obese man, is now vying for a different record: the human who has lost the most weight.
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No Babies for obese women. Posted: 7 months ago by gammerus
"Dr David Knight said not only were obese women far less likely to get pregnant but any pregnancy was 80 times more likely to end in tragedy."
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Snip a Nerve, Lose Weight Posted: 2 years ago by VooDooPeacock
A 1970's operation to help ulcer sufferers in which the vagus nerve (which spurs gastric acid production) was severed is being researched as a possible surgical weight loss aid with less complications than gastric bypass.
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Are you a candidate for gastric bypass surgery? Posted: 2 years ago by neilharvey
For those amongst us who are obese and have not succeeded in their efforts in regulating their weight through diet and exercise, bariatric surgery is often the last recourse.
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Study predicts 75 percent overweight in U.S. by 2015 Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
If people keep gaining weight at the current rate, fat will be the norm by 2015, with 75 percent of U.S. adults overweight and 41 percent obese, U.S. researchers predicted on Wednesday.
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China to ban obese parents Posted: 2 years ago by teaya21
China will unveil new rules this week aimed at restricting the number of foreigners who can adopt Chinese children, which foreign agencies say will ban the obese and unmarried from adopting.
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Obese at 8 months: the baby that already tips the scales at over 3 stone Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
An eight-month-old baby boy in Jilin, Northeast China has tipped the scales at over three stone. Weighing 18.8 kg (41 pounds) and measuring 78 centimeters in height, he was born with a normal birth weight of 3.3 kg (7 pounds 4 oz).
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Australia now world's fattest nation Posted: 7 months ago by aclister
Australia has overtaken the United States as the world's most obese nation, a new report says.
The report, Australia's Future Fat Bomb, says 26 per cent of adult Australians - almost 4 million people - are now obese
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American Airlines plane crash lands at Manchester Posted: 11 months ago by topofall
An American Airlines plane carrying 195 passengers has made an emergency landing at Manchester Airport.
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US population getting bigger - study Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
The number of morbidly obese Americans, those who weigh 45kg over normal weight, is rising much faster than the rest of the obese population.
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To Save Fuel, Airlines Find No Speck Too Small Posted: 7 months ago by pvisi111
The nation’s airlines are scrutinizing every step of their operations, from the tarmac to the sky, and from the nose to the tail of their planes, searching for new ways to cut their soaring fuel bills.
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Airline allows tape for unruly passengers Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Flight attendants on a Frontier Airlines plane traveling from San Francisco to Denver nearly used a roll of duct tape to restrain an unruly passenger.
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