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Why is a fat person disabled cos they’re fat, but never fat cos they’re disabled?

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Thislittlelady · 04/08/2020 13:30

Just that really.

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Z8Z8 · 05/08/2020 11:12

Sorry for the mistakes in my last post. I use speech to text and for some reason it's misunderstood my new paragraph and full stop instructions

Gilead · 05/08/2020 11:53

Porcupineinwaiting

People become overweight for exactly 1 reason - because they consume more calories than they burn off. Some conditions and medications make it a lot easier to do this but at the end of the day it's about what you eat.
Actually you're wrong. Steroids don't just mean that you eat more, they redistribute fat around the body, hence the very common 'moon face' appearance of people on Steroids.

Thislittlelady · 05/08/2020 12:38

Eat less calories. Yup. That’ll fix it. Thanks for the tip.

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UsedUpUsername · 05/08/2020 13:10

She finds out later that the dummy could have been lifted onto a table, as she asked at the time. The trainer lied

Seems kind of odd though, if you can’t get down to the floor then how can you do CPR?

That said, this doesn’t sound like a certification course but a meaningless work training so completely unnecessary to bully like that. Could complain and never have the company in charge back again

JustCallMeGriffin · 05/08/2020 14:28

@Porcupineinwaiting how would you suggest my mother eats less and moves more when she's surviving on 800 calories a day (a lot less than most HCPs are happy with) and stuck in an electric wheelchair?

You are exactly the kind of person that we are saying are the problem!

Even with multiple examples from people who have ballooned because of ill health/drugs you still persist with your uncaring nonsense!

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