You are all entitled to your opinions on what type of body you prefer to have (I am considered slim) and what type of a body you want on your sexual partners (I prefer a few extra pounds and some curves) but....
Other than that.. any other opinion is indeed political.. it is none of your business.. when you say it is an "epidemic" or that worse.. when you say that fat people cost you money... You are indeed getting very deeply into the realm of the political.
Socialized medicine in this country will be the first step in all of you nannies getting to make the fat people tow the line. One more area for you to flaunt your superior and caring attitude "for their own good".
lazs
If I think some is a lardarse. Its because I think they are a lardarse. There is noting political about my feelings other then in being political in not saying what I'm thinking.

And yes I know its non of my business.
But like it or not Laz. They do cost you and me money. With socialized medicine or without.
On the socialized medicine side we have government funding in hospitals. Which of course I dont have to tell you about.
On the other end we have insurance companies who continually raise their premiums. They nab you for what they perceive as obesity ralated ailments.
Diabetes, Heart attacks as well as everything else everyone is doing
So unless you dont have health insurance. (which would be a very foolish thing)
Your paying for it either way.
The amusing thing about the insurance companies is they tend to be reluctant to cover surgery to correct Obesity. Like gastric bypass. Which long term would save them, and you and I money.
But wait. It gets even more amusing.
They all use CDC studies to determine how much Obesity costs are. And thus in the end howthey determine how much it should cost you and I.
Problem there is CDC studied may be overstated.
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/healthcare/a/cdcbadstats.htm( I just handed you a nugget here Laz)
Course it wont stop government funded hospitals. And the insurance companies from charging you and I for it anyway.
Hmm I wonder if they could possibly be overstating anything else.