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Michael Buerk has claimed the obese should be allowed to die an early death in order to save the NHS money.
1. we pay are taxes
2. paid his bbc wages for years
3. I have nothing against smokers getting help
1. we pay are taxes
2. paid his bbc wages for years
3. I have nothing against smokers getting help
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Michael Buerk has claimed the obese should be allowed to die an early death in order to save the NHS money.
The 73-year-old broadcaster said people should be free to overindulge and, if they die, they should be seen as weak rather than medically ill.
‘The obese will die a decade earlier than the rest of us,’
See it as a selfless sacrifice in the fight against demographic imbalance, overpopulation and climate change.’
Obesity is not a ‘national emergency’ because it is just caused by eating too much
He also queried Public Health England’s claim that overweight and obesity-related ill health costs the Health Service £6.1billion a year.
‘Who can calculate how much an obese person would have cost if they were slim?’
The 73-year-old broadcaster said people should be free to overindulge and, if they die, they should be seen as weak rather than medically ill.
‘The obese will die a decade earlier than the rest of us,’
See it as a selfless sacrifice in the fight against demographic imbalance, overpopulation and climate change.’
Obesity is not a ‘national emergency’ because it is just caused by eating too much
He also queried Public Health England’s claim that overweight and obesity-related ill health costs the Health Service £6.1billion a year.
‘Who can calculate how much an obese person would have cost if they were slim?’
Have a look next time you're out - everywhere you look there are fat people.
Michael Buerk did not say the obese should be allowed to die early in order to save the NHS money!
Put his quote in full!
Put his quote in full!
The Hippocratic Oath forbids Doctors letting people die if they can save them
I get the feeling a lot of people just over eat to get attention?????
Some people may have medical problems like limited movement or have to take medication which increases weight.
I get the feeling a lot of people just over eat to get attention?????
Some people may have medical problems like limited movement or have to take medication which increases weight.
Lybertyne, would make walking up my high street easier if they were all dead.
The problem is not just lardy's stuffing their fat faces with takeaway!
Poor people in times of yore were generally skinny because they did not have nourishing food to eat. Now poor people are fat. The reason for this is because the food that is the cheapest and the easiest to eat for lazy people who do not prepare their food is full of fat and sugar and salt.
Here's the thang. Could food producers put heroin or cannabis in food to create addicts? NO!
So why can they add fillers and salt and sugar and fat!
The problem is with lazy lardy's but it is also in the food production systems and food producers being allowed to get away with bad practice.
I am not in favour of people being told what to eat but I am against food producers getting away with what they do. That should be the real question!
Poor people in times of yore were generally skinny because they did not have nourishing food to eat. Now poor people are fat. The reason for this is because the food that is the cheapest and the easiest to eat for lazy people who do not prepare their food is full of fat and sugar and salt.
Here's the thang. Could food producers put heroin or cannabis in food to create addicts? NO!
So why can they add fillers and salt and sugar and fat!
The problem is with lazy lardy's but it is also in the food production systems and food producers being allowed to get away with bad practice.
I am not in favour of people being told what to eat but I am against food producers getting away with what they do. That should be the real question!
better off chopping the head off of anyone suffering from cancer. Imagine the resources saved on the treatment and research. Will overshadow anyone spending a couple hundred bucks extra every month on food.
Should teach them foraging in school.
Kwality
.... have you finished with that mate....is that what you mean!
Kwality
.... have you finished with that mate....is that what you mean
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Blackberries, do schools still have them in their hedges?
rarely eat wild blackberries!
You know they are going to be covered in pise!
You know they are going to be covered in pise!
The lower classes can't afford to be too fussy, and they should be OK if washed thoroughly.
Got fed up with people from other areas taking them before I got round to it. So now I spray them with wee, which makes me content.
....er
Maybe I don't want to pisse my pants!
What a stupid question if I may say so!
I mean I don't walk about randomly looking for blackberry bushes to pisse on them so poor people eat my pish!
wtf man!
Maybe I don't want to pisse my pants!
What a stupid question if I may say so!
I mean I don't walk about randomly looking for blackberry bushes to pisse on them so poor people eat my pish!
wtf man!
Whispering The Phantom Blackberry Pi$$er of Old London Town
An Englishman's home is his castle, he is within his rights to protect it's assets inside and out by whatever means necessary. I applaud you both.
Where do you draw the line with this type of stupidity??
So should we treat victims of road accidents (drink drivers/speeding/drug abuse/phone users) all self inflicted
alchohol /drug abuse/diabetics /smokers/violent actions the list goes on of self inflicted illness/ailments and injuries.
So should we treat victims of road accidents (drink drivers/speeding/drug abuse/phone users) all self inflicted
alchohol /drug abuse/diabetics /smokers/violent actions the list goes on of self inflicted illness/ailments and injuries.
The NHS seems to spend billions trying to keep old people alive. But what a moral dilemma it is.
How can it turn away a 90 year old when they need treatment?
I certainly think if everyone was slim, didn't smoke, drink and only ate healthily, the cost to the taxpayer would probably be higher long term.
How can it turn away a 90 year old when they need treatment?
I certainly think if everyone was slim, didn't smoke, drink and only ate healthily, the cost to the taxpayer would probably be higher long term.
The list is endless though what about smokers , drug addicts do you not treat them either / , what about people who work long hours and 12 hours shifts thats nopt very healthy either , i just think Buerk was speaking from his ivory tower and generalising in a very lazy sort of way
You don't see many deeply religious fat people, which just goes to show the power of praying to your lard.
Whispering The Phantom Blackberry Pi$$er of Old London Town
Oi I want a word with you
Oi I want a word with you
Perhaps Buerk believes all those clowns on his 999 programmes with self inflicted incidences shouldn't have been helped either he's made himself look a bit of a bell end here imo.
You don't see many deeply religious fat people, which just goes to show the power of praying to your lard.
At least your second funny post of the day just checking. Leave the hate behind, you are a funny guy!
Sorry I didn't mean to call you funny, I meant funny.
At least your second funny post of the day just checking. Leave the hate behind, you are a funny guy!
Sorry I didn't mean to call you funny, I meant funny.
I think some of you are missing Buerk's point.
Perhaps you might care to read what he said rather than the affront of people who have posted on here!
Perhaps you might care to read what he said rather than the affront of people who have posted on here!
Former newsreader Michael Buerk has suggested that obese people should be allowed to die early in order to save the NHS money.
The 73-year-old said those who are obese may be making a "selfless sacrifice" to stop the country being overpopulated if they die a decade earlier than the rest of the population.
Writing in Radio Times magazine, the veteran BBC presenter said that fat people are "weak, not ill".
He said he does not believe obesity should be classed as a disease in a bid to encourage people to seek treatment and to "reduce the stigma (of) fatness", adding that "you're fat because you eat too much".
Buerk also queried Public Health England's claim that overweight and obesity-related ill-health costs the NHS £6.1bn a year.
He said: "Who can calculate how much an obese person would have cost if they were slim?
"How much would he or she cost if, instead of keeling over with a heart attack at 52, they live to a ripe, dementia-ridden old age, requiring decades of expensive care? (In any case, VAT on takeaways, confectionery and fizzy drinks more than covers it.)"
The former I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! star added that the "freedom to make bad choices is what personal autonomy, indeed democracy, is all about", and asked "who is to say longevity is the ultimate goal in life?".
He said: "Let us positively reframe the argument.
"The obese will die a decade earlier than the rest of us; see it as a selfless sacrifice in the fight against demographic imbalance, overpopulation and climate change.
"Give them the facts to make informed decisions, by all means, 'nudge' all you like, but in the end - leave couch potatoes alone.
"They're weak, not ill."
The NHS estimates that almost a third of adults in the UK are obese, and that one in five children aged 10 to 11 are obese.
Its official website states that obesity can lead to serious health conditions including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
The 73-year-old said those who are obese may be making a "selfless sacrifice" to stop the country being overpopulated if they die a decade earlier than the rest of the population.
Writing in Radio Times magazine, the veteran BBC presenter said that fat people are "weak, not ill".
He said he does not believe obesity should be classed as a disease in a bid to encourage people to seek treatment and to "reduce the stigma (of) fatness", adding that "you're fat because you eat too much".
Buerk also queried Public Health England's claim that overweight and obesity-related ill-health costs the NHS £6.1bn a year.
He said: "Who can calculate how much an obese person would have cost if they were slim?
"How much would he or she cost if, instead of keeling over with a heart attack at 52, they live to a ripe, dementia-ridden old age, requiring decades of expensive care? (In any case, VAT on takeaways, confectionery and fizzy drinks more than covers it.)"
The former I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! star added that the "freedom to make bad choices is what personal autonomy, indeed democracy, is all about", and asked "who is to say longevity is the ultimate goal in life?".
He said: "Let us positively reframe the argument.
"The obese will die a decade earlier than the rest of us; see it as a selfless sacrifice in the fight against demographic imbalance, overpopulation and climate change.
"Give them the facts to make informed decisions, by all means, 'nudge' all you like, but in the end - leave couch potatoes alone.
"They're weak, not ill."
The NHS estimates that almost a third of adults in the UK are obese, and that one in five children aged 10 to 11 are obese.
Its official website states that obesity can lead to serious health conditions including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
Now somebody state what part of what he said is either wrong or offensive!
He's gone down the usual route of blaming the lazy greedy fatties when we have ways of life almost set in stone by our greedy self serving money driven government,who routinely give out terrible 'health' advice in order to keep such types (and recruit more) on the carousel of ill health for as long as possible.
The healthiest societies in civilisation are very poor compared to us yet have none of our everyday nailed on common illnesses like,heart disease,diabetes,common cancers,arthritis,irritable bowel disorders,auto immune illnesses etc. the list goes on.
The answer is all in the food they eat yet we are deliberately taught and tempted to live ways of life which have been proven decades ago to increase the chances of ill health,but don't worry take these pills and you'll be fine lol.
The healthiest societies in civilisation are very poor compared to us yet have none of our everyday nailed on common illnesses like,heart disease,diabetes,common cancers,arthritis,irritable bowel disorders,auto immune illnesses etc. the list goes on.
The answer is all in the food they eat yet we are deliberately taught and tempted to live ways of life which have been proven decades ago to increase the chances of ill health,but don't worry take these pills and you'll be fine lol.
Everybody on the planet should be euthanized at 40, like in Logan`s Run.
Would save the country and the NHS a fortune.
Would save the country and the NHS a fortune.
Another Tory BBC mouthpiece talking sh1t,who wouldv'e guessed..
And when you become so fat you have difficulty walking the Government will provide you with a mobility scooter so you then take even less excercise, makes sense?
Aug 7, 2019 -- 7:48AM, potlis wrote:
And when you become so fat you have difficulty walking the Government will provide you with a mobility scooter so you then take even less excercise, makes sense?
Indeed,you've nailed another great government ploy where people work towards continuously getting worse with the incentives at the end like mobility scooters,sickness benefits and all other incentives automatically applied to such types instead of changing the CAUSE of the problem and some still think the systems aren't to blame.
That's capitalism feed the poor cheap **** that they have to eat,then make excuses when they need the help great system more please sir..
Cheap **** myth?
Can you give us some examples of Cheap **** actually being cheaper than a healthy alternative?
Bought a banana for 20p yesterday, they wanted 90p for mars bar.
Can you give us some examples of Cheap **** actually being cheaper than a healthy alternative?
Bought a banana for 20p yesterday, they wanted 90p for mars bar.
Yes anxious it is spive culture. But it's only come about because people are stupid and have allowed it to happen.
The strong will always take advantage of the weak, whether the weakness is in their bodies or their minds.
The strong will always take advantage of the weak, whether the weakness is in their bodies or their minds.
If everyone ate only what they needed to eat, and didn't eat purely for pleasure or to satisfy a raging appetite, think what that would do to the food manufacturers' profits?
Then as everyone got healthier, what about the hit the pharmaceuticals profits would take if we didn't need to take their organ damaging drugs?
We'd need fewer doctor and nurses, so there would be resistance from there as well.
It isn't going to happen.
The food keeps us fat and the pills keep us alive, in order to keep eating and taking more pills.
Which puts demand on the health service that provides jobs for people who are members of very powerful unions.
It's the perfect business model.
And the weak pay for it with lousy health and shorter lives.
Then as everyone got healthier, what about the hit the pharmaceuticals profits would take if we didn't need to take their organ damaging drugs?
We'd need fewer doctor and nurses, so there would be resistance from there as well.
It isn't going to happen.
The food keeps us fat and the pills keep us alive, in order to keep eating and taking more pills.
Which puts demand on the health service that provides jobs for people who are members of very powerful unions.
It's the perfect business model.
And the weak pay for it with lousy health and shorter lives.
It is not so much the cost of good nourishing food which as has been said is probably cheaper ( although I am worried about the kwality of the food we get ) but the convenience.
The convenience trumps things for lazy people and then they get addicted to the sugar, salt and fat. Job done addicts created! How can poor people be fat? They are drugged simples! Low wages, long work days, large amount of travel and unhealthy hours. I can see why it is so.
The convenience trumps things for lazy people and then they get addicted to the sugar, salt and fat. Job done addicts created! How can poor people be fat? They are drugged simples! Low wages, long work days, large amount of travel and unhealthy hours. I can see why it is so.
Just got told today that a family friend's daughter has just came out of hospital having had gallstones removed - she's in her 20s and hasn't been told the cause or given any advice on preventing future episodes just went under the knife stones gone and that's it.
Gallstones are almost exclusively due to diet it's heavily odds on she will get more as well as a host of other unnecessary illnesses down the line,are we to blame her for being clueless about this or the controlled systems,dietary and lifestyle advice.
She's a decent young lass doesn't smoke or drink who has worked in a hospital and is some kind of care worker now though still has no idea why she's got gallstones at 20 odd.
Gallstones are almost exclusively due to diet it's heavily odds on she will get more as well as a host of other unnecessary illnesses down the line,are we to blame her for being clueless about this or the controlled systems,dietary and lifestyle advice.
She's a decent young lass doesn't smoke or drink who has worked in a hospital and is some kind of care worker now though still has no idea why she's got gallstones at 20 odd.
Been informed have a cousin who has gallstones too and has been on meds for years.
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