Claiming disability benefits for obesity....

[Monki]

How fat do you have to be ? And how do they measure it ?

Weight?
BMI?
Flab-grabber measuring thingy?


Never knew that been a fat waste of space could get you on the benefits system, not until I read about the bloated human blimp complaining of having to live on chocolate and crips because she cannot afford fruit

[stifler]

Fat enough to induce other real medical problems. Bad back, poor circulation, restricted movement....and so on.

A bullet is much cheaper than paying them benefits though.

[Monki]

hmmmmm.......

so if I claimed that I have a bad back due to my weight (110kg) and BMI been 36.2, I could get money for nothing?

No wonder we're becoming a nation of fatties

[Eric Mc]

And some obesity issues can arise due to pre-existing medical conditions - such as a malfunctioning thyroid. My brother in law was recently diagnosed with an underactive thyroid and his appearance has changed dramatically since going on the correct medication.

[bonsai]

Rather than increasing benefits for fattys they should decrease them. That way they have less money to spend on food.

[plasticpig]

You cannot claim disability benefits for being obese. It is not a recognised disability.

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2009-06-03...

[ihatesissycars]

plasticpig said:

You cannot claim disability benefits for being obese. It is not a recognised disability.

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2009-06-03...

At the moment.

[XMES RUS]

Monki said:

How fat do you have to be ? And how do they measure it ?

Weight?
BMI?
Flab-grabber measuring thingy?

Chaffing?


Never knew that been a fat waste of space could get you on the benefits system, not until I read about the bloated human blimp complaining of having to live on chocolate and crips because she cannot afford fruit