Family Too Fat to Work Wants More Money

Yes, this family's obesity is hereditary for sure. The kids inherited the horrible lifestyle habits from their parents.

Genes could account for the extra 5-10 pounds over your ideal weight, not severe obesity like these folks have. I think these folks are like alot of other obese people(and like myself before I lost my weight) don't make the connection between what they're eating and their weight. If they were to take nutrition classes, and tryed to incorrpurate that along with exercise into their daily lives most of the weight would come off. Too many people use the genetic predisposition to enable poor habits and choices and as a way to absolve them from any responsibility from those choices. Yes genetics influence your biochemistry which will determine how quickly you metabolize your food, but a slow metabolism is no excuse to fuel yourself with the cruddiest food possible.

I wouldn't give them a penny either. I know it's possible to lose weight being that obese so it's time someone doesn't cut them any slack. Amazing there are people like this makes me sick but sad at the same time because I know life can be better if you eat healthier and exercise.

I'm sickened. Laziness breeds laziness. I bet if their cash supplies were cutoff until they lost the weight, they'd find a way to slim down.

My god, you only get to claim a hereditary condition if you're eating a normal amount and are still overweight. Like, if you're 5'4, eating 1800 calories, and are still massively overweight. If you're eating 3000 calories a day, no excuse.

I work 2 jobs, have 3 children, go to college AND make the dean's list every semester so far. I exercise at the YMCA at least 3 times a week, but usually it's FIVE times. If it's important enough, they'd make the time. I hope these people don't get any money. They're lazy leaches. That's alPr

I'm not exactly sure how things work in the UK, but I've always wondered why food stamps in the US aren't restricted to the produce, meat and dairy sections - and maybe bread. We already say food stamps can't cover toilet paper and tampons - both necessary too - so why not limit it even more?

I guess at this point it's not too shocking that people would operate with a complete lack of honor and accountability. What IS shocking, is that the behavior is supported. As long as people are not required to be self-reliant, they won't be. Watch how quickly they'd find the energy to work for food money if the government cut them off! This sort of systematic abuse, which takes place here in America, too, casts a negative light on the entire system and on people who are genuinely in need of help.

no matter how fat they are they could still work in an office sitting behind a desk all day. No excuse. No sympathy

They could be beta testers for dietary programs.

I agree with your central thesis: these people do not deserve extra welfare payments and need a severe reality check in terms of lifestyle and diet. It'd be a social crime to give them more welfare and support them in their destructive lifestyle.

I also, however, take umbrage with your tone... you could have discussed this issue without resorting to mockery - "Clearly, the big fat apples don't fall far from the back fat trees."

Hmmmm.... unless the parents are brother and sister, how could this be a hereditary condition? Maybe they could use that lame excuse for the daughters, but doesn't really work for the parents, does it?

Since when is 300lbs too fat to work? I had no problem working 48 hours a week when I was 360 lbs. Before my desk job, I was working 40 hours a week on a loading dock walking all day with a hand truck at 330 lbs.

300lbs is in no way "too fat to be able to work".

I feel simultaneously sorry and angry at these people. It really seems that they can't get themselves on the path to good health without professional help. Then again, the media is full of information about good nutrition and healthcare being 'free' in the UK, it is not like they can't afford to go to the doctor and start getting help.
People like this family shouldn't cheat the welfare system. They are not "too fat to work" but instead they are too lazy to try.

Are you kidding? I'm disgusted. If these people are too fat to work, then hopefully those girls are too fat to reproduce because we dont need anyone else on earth that are too fat and lazy living off the government. Can I get government assistance because I feel Im to skinny to work? So stupid.

This is the kind of thing that drives me nuts. People who are perfectly capable of SUPPORTING THEMSELVES abusing a system designed to help those in need. They've adopted welfare as a LIFESTYLE. In the meantime, someone who REALLY DOES NEED additional assistance is denied - because there isn't enough to go around. Perhaps the parents are a write-off at this point - given their current medical conditions and the fact that they don't seem too interested in doing anything to change their situation. However, statistically they're not likely to be around for too long. But the two daughters... they have ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE. They just want a free ride through life. THEY ARE NOT TOO FAT TO WORK. This is the kind of thing that fuels the stereotypical view that fat people are lazy and inferior - well as a 'fat' person I work my ass into the ground every day just like everyone else I know (thin or not) so I can scrape together just enough to have a reasonable life. Good thing they aren't my neighbours!

Only 3000 calories? How did they get that fat on that many calories. I was expecting 8-9000 calories each.

Reading about people like this makes me sick. How are these people too fat to work? Maybe they NEED to get jobs so they can get out of the house and away from all the junk food they pig out on all day.

The sad thing is, even if they weren't fat they probably wouldn't want jobs anyway. They're just lazy, plain and simple. Not all lazy people are fat and vice versa...these people just happen to be both.

300 lbs is not too heavy to work! Maybe they are not in good enough shape to do much manual labour, but at least they can sit at a desk and use a computer. Their welfare money should be cut off, and they should be forced to get jobs. :/

Wow - way to leech off the system! If I lived in the UK I'd be mad as hell that my tax $ were going towards enabling these people. Ridiculous.

How often do we see that... All the shows where the "fat" parents are trying to lose weight & they have already spread the bad habits to their kids Also, there is always a way to lose weight if you want to put the effort in & work hard at it and if your health is more important to you than food

I'm all for government help and everything, but this is a little too weird for me. I think they should seek help to FIX their diets, not to aggravate it. This is just not right, and being "fat" isn't an excuse not to work and just wait with open palms (or mouths) for government help.

-Imee

This is absolutetly ridiculous! There is no reason for any of them to not try and lose the weight! If the vegetables at the market are too expensive, they can grow their own at a fraction of the cost...but then again, they may be too lazy to even do that!

If there is a Curves for Women exercise facility near by, I wish they would give the women a free membership.

I am a supervisor of three Curves for Women locations. It is the largest fitness franchise in the world and they have helped so many women...women who are even heavier than these three ladies. If it helped me, it can help anyone!

dont mean to sound mean or ignorant but if they dont have enough money to go around, maybe they shouldnt be buying food. then they'd lose weight. this is the most incredible thing i've heard.

I'm sorry to say this but how is it possible that people can be so downright stupid, ignorant and lazy? I come from another country but I'm now a British citizen and I feel so sorry for people like this family who have no survival skills.

Whatever happened to 'cooking from scratch' (which to an English person means putting ingredients together and then cooking them, as opposed to 'cooking' which just means sticking a ready meal into the oven)? Whatever happened to making your own bread? Whatever happened to growing your own vegetables?

I would suggest this family either learn some skills like gardening and cooking, lose tons of weight and stop having to spend so much on food, or get jobs like any other decent human being. It just shows they're not making any effort to lift themselves out of their condition. So many poor people in this country are like children it's ridiculus. The underclass or lumpenproletariat just have this culture of relying on the government and learned-helplessness, popping out kids every second without worrying about who's footing the bill. The government couldn't care less.

W.T.F they should get off their ass and work they might actually lose some weight i have no sympathy iwork hard for my money why should they get more of my taxes x

There is a perfect example of how this reasoning of the welfare state is detrimental to the people it claims to serve. Clearly these people would benefit from a little deprivation.

Maybe they should have pedometers attached to their ankles like criminals have tracking devices, and they should get food in amounts equal to the amount of walking they do each day! For every 10,000 steps they took, they would get $5 worth of food stamps. Then the government would know how much exercise they getting, and how much food they need! The more exercise, the more food! These disgusting pigs that call theirselves a family would start dropping the pounds off quickly, and keep moving to keep the food money coming! This could be the answer to the obesity epidemic among the poor!