Comments on: Body Scans of two Women: 250lb vs 120lb [Pic]

By: JScott

JScott — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:40:00 +0000

… Are you nuts? All of the information in your last two paragraphs is flatly wrong. Anorexia is a terrible disorder that is equally as bad as obesity, with severe health consequences, but working with obese people trying to get fit is different than examining them as patients on a daily basis. Your background gives you little to no information on the deeper health problems of obesity. “Most heavy people have no health problems at all” is a completely, irredeemably false statement, as is the statement about obesity primarily being a genetic problem.

Most heavy people suffer from: weakened joints/joint pain often leading to knee and hip replacement, weakened cardiovascular system, damaged organ function, etc. Big DOES mean unhealthy, as does excessively skinny. There’s no arguing with that scientific fact.

By: Blah

Blah — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:20:00 +0000

The scary part is it sounds like you actually have yourself convinced you know what you’re talking about…

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:34:41 +0000

I am a man. I weigh 320 pounds and I am 6’4. I can out run, jump higher, lift more massive weight and outlast most men in any extreme environment. I can stand down a charging raging bull or any thing that comes at me. Thin people are just slim pickings and an easy targets.

The thinner a person is, makes it hard for them to survive during times of famine or in dire survival situations. 10 extra pounds of body weight or more, is good for you. It is needed insulation and a backup storehouse of energy. You need it for times of fasting or starvation.

The people that are picking on big persons have no clue as to what it is like for most obese people. It isn’t about eating. It is about mobility and exercise. As a personal trainer I see more thin people struggle than I do heavier people. Thin people tend to think that they don’t have to work as hard, because they are thin… and they are wrong.

The average thin person suffers more from high cholesterol, respiratory problems, heart problems, vitamin deficiencies, etc. than heavier people. They also have more stress and fatigue than heavier people. I have worked with and dealt with lots of different sized people, so I think I am a better judge than most. So you need to take your feet our of your mouths because you probably aren’t healthy. Most heavy people have no health problems at all, they are just big. Big doesn’t mean unhealthy.

BTW Obesity is mostly a genetic problem. People that are obese cannot lose the weight like most average persons can. And that reason being is in their DNA. You can’t change a persons DNA to be what you want it to be; just because you think it’s sickening or wrong. How would you feel, to be alienated for your size or lack there of?

By: Maxter

Maxter — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:37:55 +0000

one was 120 pounds the other 250 and they both still died. And I thought skinny people stayed healthy and lived forever.

By: Lillith

Lillith — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:30:53 +0000

Just like with everything else in the world, if you don’t like fat people or want to be fat then don’t date, spend time with, or associate with fat people and don’t become fat.

People just like the feeling of righteous indignation, apparently.

Seriously, it’s none of yout business how another person lives their life.

And before anyone has a fit about how I’m obviously fat, I’m 5’8″ and I weigh 170. I’m average out the ass.

As for the dumbass that went on and on about Ethiopians and how obese people should think about them before eating… you obviously don’t know much about obesity or humanity, dipshit.

By: Bob B. Bobberson

Bob B. Bobberson — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:03:23 +0000

Did they died?

By: Kylie

Kylie — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:25:39 +0000

This picture was in my psychology textbook last year. I took it to the professor to ask why the fat person’s brain has two lumps that are not seen in the skinny person’s brain. He said the two pics are sliced at different points in the body.

By: Nocturnesthesia

Nocturnesthesia — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:46:33 +0000

These are coronal views of cadavers, I saw them at the Body Worlds exhibit in Buffalo. This appears to be a photo of posters, but I got to see the actual cadavers, it was quite interesting.

But yes, as someone who has a degree in biology, I can say this is a strong visual for an issue of which people often fail to see the true significance.

By: BooingBear

BooingBear — Thu, 27 May 2010 05:04:55 +0000

omg, that looks like my mom (250 ibs) to me o.o owch

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sun, 23 May 2010 06:15:06 +0000

Wow… That’s… Scary. I’m glad I’m not 250lbs >< and never will be, thank you very much!