According to a study done in the UK and published in the British Medical Journal, it recommended that obesity health line numbers be printed inside clothing for Plus sized persons. The British Medical Journal is known in the UK to be an established source of policy recommendations. Unlike the United States individualized health care system, the UK has a universal health care plan in which the government foots the bill. Since obesity in the UK is steadily climbing, the government is looking for ways to avoid their health care system going bankrupt over obesity health related issues.
While I am all for assisting those manage their weight that want the help, I was dumbfounded by the recommendation to put a health line number in an obese persons garment of clothing. You know you are overweight because you shop at Lane Bryant, but now we are really going to shove it in your face and urge you to get help. To me it is the same as putting “Smoking Kills” on a pack of cigarettes, since that is a blatantly obvious fact known by the entire free world.
Maybe it’s about putting that little bug in their ear to linger in their subconscious that they have a weight issue and should seek weight loss help, although I am not sure I don’t know anyone who is overweight who is not already aware of that fact. My opinion is that of being proactive instead of reactive. Instill good eating habits and exercise programs from the beginning, or have dr.’s assist in weight maintenance and weight loss when it begins to become an issue, but putting a label in clothing with the number to an obesity help line? That’s just ludicrous.
What do you think?