This is what I feel when reading stories like this..
Is where does the money come from?
In the main to become overweight you've got to cause an imbalance between the energy your body burns to that of the energy provided by the consumption of food.. So this imbalance occurs either by eating high energy foods, too much food or a combination of both..
This is not always the case, hormones can have a devasting affect on peoples weight. But already stated no one knows the whole story, so we can not judge.
So how do people afford to get as large as they do?
If it's due to a health problem it cost nothing monetry wise
Not quite strictly true as explained below after the next paragraph
Believe me if that chap had the same food provision budget as I do, he would lose a large amount of weight..
Nope not if it's not caused by over eating
But he does over eat, that plain to see if the typical food consumption is true.
The chap assumable after 10 years confined to a bed is living off benefits.. If you consider that on Jobseekers allowance an single person will only get ?67.50 this sum is to cover all living expenses, food, cloths, heating, electric etc with the exception of rent and council tax payments..
As he obviously isn't job seeking he would not be recieving job seekers allowance, No one knows his financial state. It's none of anyones business.
Going by what typical day's food intake is, obversely the government is providing extra money for food... As I very much doubt that the jobseekers allowance even get close to covering his food bill
Again he would not be on job seekers.
Most people in his age group who isn't working would only be entitled to jobseeker allowance if they weren't working... Disabilities payments are to cover the extra cost of aspects of the disability that the non-disabled person would face, such as the need to extra heating, or in for dietary needs or the provisions of disposable equipment or to purchase/replace or cover repair/maintain of specialist equipment etc and to pay for care support..
Which is where I start drawing the line, it's one thing that the government pays for the necessary help, provide reinforced beds, chairs or what ever, but it's totally another thing giving extra money so the bloke can continual to which ever way you look at it, self-harm..
Again how do you know his financial status?
It's not so much about how and why this chap seemly chose to become overweight, but what the government has done to aid and abet him by providing extra allowances for him to succeed in doing so...
