...**** YOU, fatasses. Get on a treadmill and stop eating 10 pizzas a week.
Medicare Redefines Obesity As an Illness
WASHINGTON (AP) - Medicare now recognizes obesity as an illness, a change in policy that may allow millions of overweight Americans to make medical claims for treatments such as stomach surgery and diet programs. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said, "Obesity is a critical public health problem in our country that causes millions of Americans to suffer unnecessary health problems and to die prematurely."