Irrespective of the article, the comments in here are appalling. Ask yourself if it's truly acceptable to paint big people with such a broad brush. HN commenter

Irrespective of the article, the comments in here are appalling. Ask yourself if it's truly acceptable to paint big people with such a broad brush. HN commenters are generally liberal, and liberals (I am one as well, this is not an insult) will fall over themselves to decry real or perceived discrimination against women, minorities, or disabled people - unless that disability happens to be obesity. Would these comments be acceptable if the subject was some other class of people receiving inadequate care? I'm a big guy. I've been big for 2/3 of my life. It fluctuates up and down as I've tried everything in the book to lose weight. I would _love_ to lose weight. I hate being fat. It causes numerous physical problems and complicates everything I do. Most big people I know are in the same boat. It's not fun carrying the extra weight around with you, or trying to fit in airline seats (I've given up), or being uncomfortable in your own skin, or looking in the mirror every day and hating what you see. I know my weight is unhealthy. I promise you the vast, vast majority of big people are similarly aware. Do you think if we could lose the weight as you say that we would not? That we'd willingly stay this way? Calling big people weak willed, revolting, or undeserving of medical care is unacceptable. I am not a Healthy At Every Size activist. You know nothing of why these people are big. You don't know what they've tried or why they stay this way. You don't know their struggles and what they've gone through. Please stop making value judgements on other human beings based on their physical dimensions.