What steps do medical systems take to address the obesity epidemic?

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I gained a few grams this morning in the form of twenty dollar bills.
 
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Count Iblis said:
Jimmy no longer qualifies for a free meal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Attack_Grill" :approve:

"Here" being the Heart Attack Grill. Their spokesman, a 575-pound, 29-year-old man, died Tuesday -- not of a heart attack, but of pneumonia.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41899470/ns/today-food/

Good grief, his BMI was 63.

This may be a silly question but is obesity a risk factor for pneumonia?
 
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There is some evidence out there that obesity may impair immune function.
 
lisab said:
"Here" being the Heart Attack Grill. Their spokesman, a 575-pound, 29-year-old man, died Tuesday -- not of a heart attack, but of pneumonia.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41899470/ns/today-food/

Good grief, his BMI was 63.

This may be a silly question but is obesity a risk factor for pneumonia?

It is a risk factor for almost everything... and at that weight I'd assume sleep apnea of some severity... also a risk factor.


575... my g-d... and 63 BMI?... I find that sad.

I myself fell to precipitous weight gain, but am in the process of reversing that. I don't weigh anything like 575, I'm 6'2" with a broad frame... and I don't think I could WALK at that weight!

Surely that kind of eating and lack of activity is nothing if not passive suicide.