EU - obesity is a disability
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http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30529791
Not helping - they'll get even less exercise now they can park in the disabled spaces at the supermarket to pick up their chocolate & crisps & coke.
Not helping - they'll get even less exercise now they can park in the disabled spaces at the supermarket to pick up their chocolate & crisps & coke.
Yazar said:
This is why Britain needs to leave the EU, we just have more common sense....
"Jane Deville Almond, the chairwoman of the British Obesity Society, said obesity should not be classed as a disability.
She told the BBC: "I think the downside would be that if employers suddenly have to start ensuring that they've got wider seats, larger tables, more parking spaces for people who are obese, I think then we're just making the situation worse.
"[It is] implying that people have no control over the condition, rather than something that can be greater improved by changing behaviour.""
Agree. Decisions like this are for me tipping the balance in favour of leaving the EU. The impact on employers, owners of commercial premises etc will be horrendous. "Jane Deville Almond, the chairwoman of the British Obesity Society, said obesity should not be classed as a disability.
She told the BBC: "I think the downside would be that if employers suddenly have to start ensuring that they've got wider seats, larger tables, more parking spaces for people who are obese, I think then we're just making the situation worse.
"[It is] implying that people have no control over the condition, rather than something that can be greater improved by changing behaviour.""
BlackLabel said:
mail said:
An overweight British man won a landmark discrimination case against his employers, after a High Court judge ruled the effects of obesity can be classed as a disability.
John Walker, 49, weighed more than 21 stone when he was dismissed from his post as an IT manager at Sita Information Networking Computing UK.
He was sacked after spending seven years off work with health problems linked to his size such as asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic fatigue and knee problems.
Mr Walker, from Bude in Cornwall, initially lost the case when it was ruled that he could not be categorised as disabled but that decision was overturned on appeal.
It is understood that Mr Walker, who now weighs 19 stone, has since secured a six-figure settlement from a health insurance company.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2882813/21-stone-British-man-sacked-spending-seven-years-work-wins-landmark-case-judge-rules-obesity-disability.htmlJohn Walker, 49, weighed more than 21 stone when he was dismissed from his post as an IT manager at Sita Information Networking Computing UK.
He was sacked after spending seven years off work with health problems linked to his size such as asthma, diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic fatigue and knee problems.
Mr Walker, from Bude in Cornwall, initially lost the case when it was ruled that he could not be categorised as disabled but that decision was overturned on appeal.
It is understood that Mr Walker, who now weighs 19 stone, has since secured a six-figure settlement from a health insurance company.
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