You’re right, of course but overeating can sometimes also be caused by psychological problems. Should one condition get more sympathy than the other?

I was about the disagree because these things are largely a tax on the poor, but 'if' money from that was used to subsidise healthier foods I think I'd actually be in favour to be honest.

It’s certainly a talking point although I agree the NHS is there for us all... even those that don’t pay tax/national insurance etc. No matter there faults it’s one of the wonderful things about living in Britain

Don't waste your time with jealousy. Sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind, the race is long. But in the end it's only with yourself!!

People like to use the excuse over eating is because of those reasons but again if you are eating the correct diet you can't really over eat.

i know some will now say you can no you can't this has been proven go and eat high amounts of fat it's a struggle which is why some people will even find it hard to eat twice a day but carbs you can do it easily in fact this is the problem you can load up on them and few hours later you feel hungry again which is why people adopted the 3-5 times eating a day.

plus it takes a lot of over eating to become massively obese it doesn't happen over just a month or even few months.

Anorexia is mental disorder which leads to becoming a physical one.

How is it a tax on the poor it's not.

If you are that poor why are you spending money on the likes of alcohol and tobacco.

healthier foods are affordable doesn't cost much to buy meat but no people wont go for that they would rather go for the chips and processed pre made meals thinking they are good value.

A person on say JSA receives £73 a week which is to cover basic living now you hear those people moan can't live on that wrong an adult can easily if they buy correct food shopping per week would be around £25 leaving £48 so that still leaves enough to cover some public transport and few other bits regarding hygiene.

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I’m assuming by your username you live in the states??.. I have a very good friend whom I grew up with here who now lives in the states and he echoes what you say... He genuinely says we don’t know how lucky we are with the NHS as I’ve heard horror stories from him regarding medical care in the US and the different types of insurance you get ripped off with..

Don't waste your time with jealousy. Sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind, the race is long. But in the end it's only with yourself!!

It still feels wrong to introduce a kind of morality clause into medical treatment whereby fat people are deemed “bad” so don’t deserve to live.