Comments on: Obesity Epidemic Spiralling Out Of Control

By: mark levin

mark levin — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:05:37 +0000

2. How can you compare anything with der alter heim and days gone by? We have more food available to us than they ever did. People back in the day had to worry about their next meal, unlike most of us. The average yid probably has more food on his shabbos table than Shlomo HaMelech had!

By: MorahRach

MorahRach — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:16:25 +0000

I would definitely not say Baruch Hashem for obesity.. But I understand your point.
On another note, I literally could vomit at the sight of some of these chazers at Kiddish piling cholent and kugel and crackers and who knows what into their mouths like its going out of style. I feel as though people think it is acceptable now and they no longer have to worry about A their health and B looking attractive for their spouses. It is so dangerous we need to speak out as this problem is getting worse.

By: YW fan

YW fan — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:33:57 +0000

It’s the bagels, people!!!

By: lazerc

lazerc — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:02:23 +0000

I think it is time for the rabbi to slow down talking about lashon harah and begin to speak about achilas harah along side it. The blubber buckets in the frum community are getting out of hand and this causes early death, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and many more terrible diseases.

My sister was grossly overweight and did not watch herself. She ended up with diabetes, then needed dialysis, and a defibrillator and finally died suddenly at the age of 56.

Lets speak out against overeating; we can enjoy Shabbos with out shtuffing!

By: akuperma

akuperma — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:47:42 +0000

It is easily curable. All you have to do is eat less and exercise more. No one is being force fed.

We should consider our own history. Back in Europe, in lets say the first half of the 1940s, obesity was NOT a problem. Whereas eating less is always within your power, the cure to starvation may not be something you control. So perhaps we should say “Baruch ha-Shem” we are living at a time when obesity is the leading public health problem.

By: mark levin

mark levin — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:37:47 +0000

This is all about mommy govt getting and keeping their grubby paws on our healthcare. EVERYTHING could be tied into health and once they get their hands on it, they won’t stop. Game over!