When one is consuming 5000+ calories a day and sitting on the couch watching the Jerry Show, obesity is not that far off. Living healthy is possible even when one is laying flat on their backs. Best Wishes
In a message dated 6/18/2009 4:14:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: No its not but they have the ability to change unlike most that are disabled. In my opinion it should be treated as an addiction was what I was getting at. Daniel Espinoza 26/m/California Occupation before accident - Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer What happened: I broke my c2,c6,c7 and had to get donor bone at c2, which left me as a _Quadriplegic_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadriplegia) . I had a _Traumatic_brain_injury_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_brain_injury) from blood going to my brain from my spinal cord, but its getting better with time. I am off a _ventilator_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventilator) "woohoo" however only half of my _diaphragm_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoracic_diaphragm) works right now "due to an asymmetric _spinal cord injury_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_cord_injury) ....." _http://spinalcordinjured.net_ (http://spinalcordinjured.net/) _http://www.myspace.com/dannylnx_ (http://www.myspace.com/dannylnx) From: RONALD L PRACHT [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 1:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Is obesity a disability? The question is not how a person gets disabled..........just simply if they are disabled or not. Sad as it is a 350 pound person is disabled, they cant walk far and need some sort of mobility device in most cases. ron c7 --- On Thu, 6/18/09, Daniel Espinoza <[email protected]> wrote: From: Daniel Espinoza <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Is obesity a disability? To: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 2:47 PM I think it is more of an addiction in most cases. I think it’s more mental than physical…. It’s not like they get that way because they don’t exercise. Look at us for example, most of us are not even capable yet we aren’t obese because we choose to eat healthy. Just my 2 cents…… Daniel Espinoza 26/m/California Occupation before accident - Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer What happened: I broke my c2,c6,c7 and had to get donor bone at c2, which left me as a _Quadriplegic_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadriplegia) . I had a _Traumatic_brain_injury_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_brain_injury) from blood going to my brain from my spinal cord, but its getting better with time. I am off a _ventilator_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventilator) "woohoo" however only half of my _diaphragm_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoracic_diaphragm) works right now "due to an asymmetric _spinal cord injury_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_cord_injury) ....." _http://spinalcordinjured.net_ (http://spinalcordinjured.net/) _http://www.myspace.com/dannylnx_ (http://www.myspace.com/dannylnx) From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 9:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [QUAD-L] Is obesity a disability? Hi All, The America Medical Association (AMA) is gathering this week to discuss many things. One subject they voted on was that obesity is NOT a disability, which I concur. What do all of you think about this subject? ~ Bobbie ____________________________________ Download the _AOL Classifieds Toolbar_ (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004) for local deals at your fingertips. **************Download the AOL Classifieds Toolbar for local deals at your fingertips. (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004)
