<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=482460" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Pharmacy Fat Man</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">After my yearly physical<br>I stopped by the pharmacy<br>To buy some niacin pills<br>A fat man stood ahead of me <br>He easily weighed 400 pounds<br>I stood for what seemed like hours<br>Pharmacist was giving instructions<br>How many pills and do’s & don’ts<br>I mused, “Why so many drugs? ”<br>The answer was crystal clear<br>Severe obesity was the culprit<br>Did the fat man suffer from, <br>Hypertension, high cholesterol<br>Diabetes, enlarged heart, varicose veins<br>Acid reflux, hernia and lymph edema<br>All of these potentially fatal diseases<br>Because of poor food choices<br>And lack of exercise<br>His Doctor was treating symptoms<br>The fat man was ignoring the cause<br>Wanting only relief and a quick fix…</div><div style="margin:10px 0">ROTMS</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From Wikipedia; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Obesity in the United States has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent decades. While many industrialized countries have experienced similar increases, obesity rates in the United States are among the highest in the world with as of 2007 74.1 % of adults being overweight or obese.[2]<br>Estimates of the number of obese American adults have been steadily expanding, from 19.4% in 1997,24.5% in 2004[3] to 26.6% in 2007.[4]<br>The direct medical cost of obesity and indirect economic loss to obesity has been estimated to be as high as $51.64 billion and $99.2 billion in 1995, respectively; [5] this rose to $61 billion and $117 billion in 2000.[6] Researchers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and RTI International estimate that in 2003, obesity-attributable medical expenditures reached $75 billion.[7]”</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ray+Lucero">Ray Lucero</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=482460" data-title="Pharmacy Fat Man de Ray Lucero" data-description="After my yearly physical I stopped by the pharmacy To buy some niacin pills A fat man stood ahead of me He easily weighed 400 pounds I stood for what seemed like hours Pharmacist was giving instructions How many pills and do’s & don’ts I muse..."></div> </div> </div>

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