<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I can say as someone that use to be morbidly obese before I lost 95 lbs, it comes down to education. So I think that people that are an unhealthy weight and want employers or the taxpayers to flip the bill for their medical expenses, should be required to take <span id="misspell-0"><span>educational</span></span> courses on diet, exercise, food, and nutrition. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Most people overweight don't want to be. It isn't just about will power or exercise. It is about knowing what to do to avoid losing the ability to resist bad choices and how to make good choices that lead to better choices later on. <span id="misspell-1"><span>Approaching</span></span> weight control as if you must resist food and force yourself to exercise is living a hellish
nightmare that will only lead to <span id="misspell-2"><span>psychiatric</span></span> problems and eventual failure. That is the wrong way to change your life and your health. I am not within 25 lbs of my ideal weight instead of 120 because I am able to resist donuts. I am this weight now because I educated myself and kicked the addictions of smoking, drinking, soda, fast food, high <span id="misspell-0"><span>fructose</span></span> corn <span id="misspell-1"><span>syrup</span></span>, and I enjoy walking and doing things. I have a donut when the mood strikes me, but it doesn't strike me 10 times a day like it use to. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Obese and all people do need protection from ignorance and the <span id="misspell-2"><span>barrage</span></span> of false claims about food and what is good and bad for you. Much of our food is drugged with chemicals to make you addicted to it. Much of our food also
contains high <span id="misspell-3">fructrose</span> corn syrup, which is sugar. Diet soda, even though it has 0 calories, can easily make a person gain 15<var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var>-50lbs of excess weight and also cause high blood pressure and <span id="misspell-4"><span>diabetes</span></span>. People need proper education so they can live healthier lives. So yes, they need protection. They need protection from the government and advertisers that push addictive garbage and sugar as food. </span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Donovan Arnold</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false"
readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Art Deco <deco@moscow.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Vision2020@moscow.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:34 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Should Legislation Protect the Obese?<br> </font> <br>
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