I think I would have pointed out people with no teeth can't complain.

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A friend of my wife is very over weight with type 2 diabetes. She had to go into hospital because of an unrelated problem, then complications developed during her stay, tragically they finished up amputating both legs. Absolutely terrible to even think about it and I know it's inconsequential really but it must of cost the NHS £1000's.

..with the higher sugar levels in the system with type 2 you are more likely over a period of time to suffer nerve and small capillary blood damage, I have type 1 and I am losing the sensation of my feet through 25 years of sugar damage, because auto immune system problems is in my family I unfortunately had to witness someone dying with it from an early age, so I understand all too well the dangers of high sugars which has helped me a little, the person you mentioned would have damaged herself exactly this way, very sad.

.......has our coach driver done a Poo'yet, without thinking about Gus!

It's a form of abuse and unacceptable but this is the same as the larger woman who got a rejection email after her Tinder date. She's not hideous and therefore this seems a bit unjust. There are people who genuinely provoke disgust from reasonable members of the public and the reaction were this story about one of them would be a quick giggle before moving on to another webpage.

The sad thing is, if this had been directed at someone morbidly obese, they'd likely blame the incident for never leaving the house again.

But in the long run those who are overweight will die earlier, like smokers, drinkers etc, and avoid the hideous costs of rare and late life disorders that are really really expensive (old age care costs make diabeties look tame as costs). Plus of course their pension burden is much lower.

So in truth, I'd say the opposite is true, healthy people with a long life expectancy really cost the NHS far more, than those with a unhealthy habits.

The myth is that obesity can be combatted solely by exercise, if its a problem maybe we should look to dealing with the problem at the point of provision. Fast food and packaged foods, and their availability - Notably sugar, a central nervous stimulant that is incredibly addictive.

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Has anyone considered the impact on the environment of cutting down more trees to make bigger coffins? I thought not.