Weighting For Health Care
And because no one seems to grasp the concept of ‘risk factor’ or ‘causation vs corellation’, this is what happens – fat people avoid seeking medical assistance because of rude, uncaring, ignorant health professionals who think all fatties are lazy gluttons, which means their health issues get worse before they get help which means they end up costing the health system more than if they had sought timely medical intervention. The problems is so obvious yet remains the (fat) elephant in the middle of the room.
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