Fat Enough?
I know as a society we are...in a word..."fat." Just spend a day at the beach or the pool and you will
Disney is not the only one with problems with wide loads. The new Harry Potter adventure in Orlando, has a ride that will not fit someone who weighs 265 pounds and over. I know, crazy right. The real crazy thing is, that person insists that most HP fans are that size. Really? Let me go look in the mirror. ... Nope. Unless I have a fun house mirror. Let me go weigh myself just to be sure. ...Nope. And I promise, both feet were on the scale and I wasn't holding on to anything! This person says that they should design the rides accordingly. Okay, yes one third of our children and adults are obese, but if they make the ride according their size and proportions that means the other 2/3 of the population will not be able to ride the rides, because they would not be safe. And don't even get me started on airline seats.
Are we getting too fat? Is it right and logical to make those kind of changes? What do yo think?
Harry Potter Ride (beware, there is an ad on the right with naked backsides)
Overweight and Obesity in Children
Welcome to Obesity in America
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Though I know Eric would happily have some rides changed, like Space Mountain as he pretty much had to break the bar to get out since he is so tall.
It's a much deeper issue than just food though.
If you look at statistics, the fattest regions are the less educated areas. With less education comes poverty and with poverty comes stocking up on cheap, unhealthy and fast foods.
And with that, the mind-set is passed on to the kids. It's a vicious cycle.
And for different reasons, no I don't think businesses should change to accomodate those with weight issues. The cost of that is always passed on to the consumer.
Whew- long response but thanks!
I think the obesity in America is the result of a complex set of variables. I don't think our food generally is as healthy as it used to be. Our increasingly sedentary lifestyles play a big role. How many of us would be willing to manually farm a few acres to provide ourselves with organic produce? I mean hoeing, plowing, weeding, harvesting, preserving all by hand? What housewife wants to go back to scrubbing laundry on a washboard? Haul water from a stream or well? Dig ditches? Walk miles a day to herd animals?
And what about the folks where it's obvious that family heredity plays a major role? Would you tell someone who was born without legs to "quit whining and do something about it"?
That may sound mean but hey I'm working hard and so are you!
Vanessamae
It's a sad fact that it's so common and widespread (no pun intended) that things need to be adjusted for our growing waistlines.