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Default "I Eat 33,000 Calories a Day" A Study in Obesity


"Andy" <q> wrote

> Nancy Young said...
>
>> I guess
>> it just sounds easy to us but, maybe you should stop bringing him
>> donuts?? Not like he's running out to the store if you don't.


> One of the case studies, stuck in his bed, if he didn't get fresh food
> he'd
> dial out for delivery. Then when it arrived, he'd put his money in a
> bucket
> and lower it by rope five floors and the delivery guy would exchange money
> for food. Then he'd hoist it up and chow down, not even sitting up to eat,
> just laying on his side. With an oxygen breathing tube in his nose.


That's crazy. Is he independently wealthy? That's got to cost.
Besides, if he's paying cash, someone's bringing that home to him.
You gotta wonder.

nancy