Cheeseburgers and bottled water

How many people have seen this phenomenon: An obese American who will only drink bottle water? Don't they realize that most bottled water is just filtered tap water and that the U.S. has the cleanest water supply in the world? Are they convinced that their health problems are a result of their drinking tap water? Maybe they should try eating fruits/veggies instead of McD's and exercising instead of watching TV. I know that some people have thyroid disorders and the like and that's fine, they can't do a lot about it but that is an extreme minority.

Have you noticed that the term 'overweight' discrimination is getting a lot of play in the media lately? I was reading an article about how some companies are penalizing workers who have high BMI's in the form of payroll deductions (essentially higher premiums). The same companies provide support for weight loss and will refund the money if that employee gets below the target BMI. For some reason this has people in an uproar, claiming that all of these people can't help it and to discriminate against them is cruel. Let's dissect this argument. First of all, is it possible that we have evolved to have a 40% obesity rate in the last 30 years? That's the only way I can think that these people "can't help it". Secondly, why is it okay to discriminate against someone who can't control their urges to harm others but not those who can't control their urges to eat? Many people say the second option is a victimless crime but in reality it is not. Weight bias is not simply about looks, it implies several things about that person including the fact that they are generally less healthy and have poorer productivity. This ends up costing everyone of us whether through higher premiums or job loss because of low productivity. This ends up feeding into the welfare and medicaid/care systems and before you know it we're victims. I love the idea of penalizing people who decided to engage in unhealthy activities (smoking, not exercising, eating poorly, drinking to excess). Why should everyone else pay for your poor judgement?