"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 7 May 2013 21:19:19 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> But there are plenty of obese people
>> who have no known medical problems.
>
> My theory is that age and genetic have a lot to do with it. If your
> family line doesn't have diabetes, cholesterol or heart disease - it
> takes longer for your body to develop it. Show me an obese 80 year
> old who is still free of those problems.

There have been plenty in my family. Neither of my grandmas had those
problems. Neither did my mom's aunts who were obese. They lived well into
their 80's and beyond.
>
>> Of course the fact that they are obese
>> might make them not want to go to the Dr. I have seen people say this
>> online. They get sick but fear the Dr. because they think the Dr. will
>> not
>> help them unless they lose weight.
>
> That's BS. They probably don't have medical insurance.

No. It's not BS. I do know people who are afraid of that.