Obsesity as a Disability

EEOC now claims obesity is a disability under ADAAA. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) now claims obesity is a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA). Until now, the courts have routinely rejected general obesity as a "disability" under the ADA and Rehabilitation Act. Cases have required one to show some different underlying medical condition that is a disability and that causes obesity as a "symptom." Now the EEOC has filed suit, claiming that a company discriminatorily fired an employee because of obesity. The EEOC claims that ever since President George W. Bush authorized the ADA Amendments Act in 2008, the law has a much lower threshold for what constitutes a disability. The EEOC claims that basic obesity, without any other underlying condition, sufficiently impacts the life activities of bending, walking, digestion, cell growth, etc., to qualify as a disability or perceived disability. EEOC v. Resources for Human Development (E.D. LA.2010).

Ref: Diversity.com

People are using the fast-food industry-there is no such as healthy fast food (not even Subway)!-more often what w/ the recession and all lately. There is no such thing as fine dining and casual restaurants have peished cause no one have the expenses to go eat at a nice restaurant, so they'd rather eat at a fast-food place or go thru the drive in.
In the meantime, the obesity rate have skyrocketed cos the fast food industry, which  way popular now since people can't afford to go to a nice restaurant. Most of the food in those fast food place are super size.  (Have y'all watch Super Size Me?)
Being obese could cause a whole slew of deathly problems for the rest of your life:

■Diabetes


■Cardiovascular disease

■Heart Disease

■Stroke

■Certain types of cancer

■High blood pressure

■High cholesterol

■Metabolic syndrome

■Sleep apnea

■Asthma

■Arthritis

■Gallbladder disease

■Liver disease

■Urinary incontinence

■Depression

These problems could be fatal to your health or to yourself. It's a matter of life or death, so you should be careful what you put in your body and how you treat your body. After all, your body's your temple.

Peace out,
Bros and Sis