Yes, I can agree that being overweight can be mild to severely disabling but should that mean that any overweight person should be able file for disability.
A person that is about 180 pounds over a healthy weight is susceptible to arthritis, has increased blood pressure, a weakened heart and could soon need a walker just to get around. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, such a person could legally be labeled as disabled. My annoyance is that the handy cap parking spots and benefits should be more concentrated on the wheel chair bound or amputated war veterans instead of someone who chooses to stuff there faces as a hobby. But in this country where nearly one in three people are overweight; laws do not always cover size discrimination, and many health insurance policies do not cover obesity treatments until a patient develops a more serious health condition
Dr. Domenic Federico, an AMA delegate from Michigan feels that, from "If obesity is designated as a disability, physicians could be sued or reprimanded for discrimination under the Americans with Disability Act if a patient takes offense at the physician discussing obesity," the resolution states. "Therefore be it resolved that our American Medical Association not support the effort to make obesity a disability."
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