There are about 8 people in the waiting room when I enter. All but one are at least of "that certain age," and the one who is not is a health aide, accompanying a wheelchair-bound patient. All but 2 of the patients are what I would consider grossly overweight. By that I mean I can, in comparison, exclude myself from that category. All the women, except the aide, are mobility impaired to some degree, and again I exclude myself from that category also, being without cane or wheelchair or noticeable affliction (or so I like to think.)
I ponder the age old chicken or egg question. Could Mayor Bloomberg be right and we should ban those large sugary drinks? Has obesity contributed to or caused these people's physical disabilities, or are they overweight because they can not move their bodies around freely? No one is eating or drinking anything; office policy prohibits that, but no one looks as if it's been very long since their last meal either.
Today is the day Joey Chestnut will try to eat 70 hotdogs, without dying. Mayor Bloomberg, stop him!
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