Thanks Renton I always find these programmes interesting...

I work with some large peeps and its a complex issue

My boss had a gastric band and lost half her weight

Yes, I am sure it is...... it still amazes me how folk get so big though....

Yes, I am sure it is...... it still amazes me how folk get so big though....

True - i wud ask for help long before i became incapacitated

That fat suit thing is a good idea though, to give them an idea what it is like for a morbidly obese person...

I find it hard to accept the "Feeders", especially the "Feeders" of morbidly obese children.

I  totally agree Syd..... ..

I can't fathom for the life of me how anyone gets that big, and the amount of food they eat is phenomenal; but what irks me, is how people get so huge that they can't do anything for themselves:  I mean, they can't work, they can't cook or clean for themselves, and they can hardly even MOVE, and then there's the tens of thousands of pounds a year that goes into looking after them, with carers and disability benefits and so on.  

I know someone will say 'they can't help it' and 'it's an illness and it's a sickness' or whatever, but this 'illness' or condition that they have can be largely avoided.  The same goes for people who need help and care and live on disability through being on drugs or alcohol, because they are unable to work.  Unlike some people who have genuine disabilities, these morbidly obese people have a CHOICE, in how they are and how they live their life.  

And I agree about the obese children too.  When I see kids as young as 5 or 6, looking like spacehoppers, it makes me fume.  This is 100% down to the parents.

  What a wonderful description!