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Re the cost per passenger of obesity - by 600 million passengers I presume they mean not that 600 million different American flew in one year (there are not that many Americans) but that a fraction of Americans made a total of 600 million flights, at an extra 45 cents per flight. For those who fly every week, it could add to $25-50 depending whether they are counting one-way or round-trip flights. How would people feel if overweight people were given a smaller baggage allowance, instead of 2 70 lb suitcases and 40 lb carryon or whatever it is now? Subtract from your baggage allowance the difference between your current weight and your ideal weight, with a correction for BMI since some people are more muscular and not fat. Think how much fun it would be to check in everyone and do BMI measurements on them if they had luggage! Someone (Rane?) claimed that fat people were simply unwilling to diet. Rane, have you ever dieted to lose weight? Dieting makes you hungry, I presume, and maybe short-tempered, and unhappy. Depression and weight gain can both be caused by hypothyroidism. A friend of mine was just diagnosed after 18 years of symptoms (by a naturopath - she can't keep a job long enough to make enough money for health care).
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