Why is it that some obese people don't care to lose weight even faced with such dangerous health risks? I don't have a problem with people who are overweight; I just have a problem when people don't care about themselves or the effect they have on the people around them.DW told me last week that she went to the clinic her mom works at and got weighed and they told her she was obese. She laughed when she said it like she thought it was something funny. She doesn’t consider the possibility of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, etc. I told her that she needs to lose some weight so that something doesn’t suddenly happen to her. My Dad is suffering the consequences of being overweight; he has heart disease (runs in the family) that could have been avoided or at the very least lessened had he chosen to keep his weight down. He is not a huge man but at 6’4” and 260+lbs he is considered obese. He does no physical activity that I’m aware of and has had a few heart attacks already at the age of 51. I watch DW’s family struggle with obesity and I want to scream at them to stop drinking soda with every meal, to stop eating so much meat all the time, to drink water and eat veggies, to take walks or a class that will get them moving. My MIL has high blood pressure, faints at least once a month, and has problems with her legs due to her weight. One of my SIL’s has taken charge of her weight and has been going to a clinic similar to Lindora to shed some pounds. She started somewhere around 300lbs and has lost about 60lbs so far. My other SIL has a heart murmur that can be affected by her weight and yet she does nothing to gain control of it, she refuses to drink water and regularly ends up in the hospital to get an IV because she is dehydrated. MY FIL is the only person in the family that is healthy. It’s just so sad to watch people slowly getting sick because they don’t want to see or admit that they have a problem. Being overweight because of a thyroid problem or another health issue that you can’t control is one thing but being overweight because you don’t want to care for your body is another. I’m not advocating being skinny but I am advocating being healthy. It’s hard to tell someone you love that they need to reevaluate how they eat and exercise because you want them around for as long as possible.