Reply #3: Vanity is not good [View All]

That's also not the reason obese people should lose weight. Health is far more important. It's not a matter of fashion.

That's nice about your kids, but why should everybody want to aim to be like you? Why set yourself up as the example? (Childbirth is not without its risks, by the way, especially as you get older...)

If very overweight people die 10, 20, 30 years before everyone else, then they actually save society money, because they won't be collecting paychecks or Social Security as long as anybody else. Also, not everybody carries insurance or seeks treatment for themselves; therefore, not everybody is part of running up the medical costs.

Obesity, as bad as it is, is not infectious; it is something a person does to themselves.

The best reason to lose weight is to live a long life and enjoy it.