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Quote by: LadiesMan217  Very good, I can sympathize with someone who is obese due to medical conditions out of their control but if it is because you are obese because you just eat unhealthy food and don't exercise then it is your fault that you are fat and your fault that you have all the medical problems that go along with it, and I'll be damned if I am taxed for a universal healthcare system that I will never need for problems associated with obesity because I eat right and exercise while obese people drain it. Social programs like this always have the healthy, the wealthy, or the productive people foot the bill for those who don't take responsibility for their health or their financial situations, and that isn't right. Sorry for going off topic. |
It's not going off topic, it's very much on topic. My question is how do you deal with it. Medical intervention is not that expensive, but it relys on patient compliance to be effective, proper education about diet etc in schools, again requires patient compliance to be effective.
I work in the the pharma industry, currently working on t2dm. I can see the benefits etc but I'm not convinced it's the way to go, the patient is always the weakest link.