Health More Americans too fat for X-rays, scans

[The Helper]

More and more obese people are unable to get full medical care because they are either too big to fit into scanners, or their fat is too dense for X-rays or sound waves to penetrate, radiologists reported on Tuesday.

With 64 percent of the U.S. population either overweight or obese, the problem is worsening, but it represents a business opportunity for equipment makers and hospitals, said Dr. Raul Uppot, a radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital.

"We noticed over the past couple of years that obesity was playing a role in our ability to see these images clearly," Uppot said in a telephone interview.

Radiologists have their own term for it when writing up reports: "These images are limited due to body habitus."

More Americans too fat for X-rays, scans

More and more obese people are unable to get full medical care because they are either too big to fit into scanners, or their fat is too dense for X-rays or sound waves to penetrate, radiologists reported on Tuesday.

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[Lord_Phoenix]

Thats hilarious! Stupid fat people lol

 

[King TonGoll]

lol i dont wana picture what the a*s docters gatta go throu

 

[emjlr3]

stupid ppl and their stupid lack of self control....genetics or no genetics, it is not difficult to eat good and stay relatively lean

 

[Lobster]

I dont think this is funny, not that Im fat or anything.

 

[Halo_king116]

Of course Lobester

But it isn't really funny, it's more of a sad thing


Good thing I'm Canadian

 

[NoxMortus]

Yea, as we all know; Canadians are immune to becoming fat.

emjlr3, don't some people have a disorder with their metabolism or something, so they can't help it?

 

[Rinpun]

Supposedly a few do, and that problem can be solved by closely monitoring them as opposed to playing the role of the ignorant "he'll do whatever he wants to do" kind of attitude.

The rest are fat, lazy jerks who like to think they have some kind of disorder because it gives them some excuse for their behaviour. However, these people do not have any of these disorders.

Either way, that's kind of nasty...not being able to get an X-ray taken

My metabolism is wired slightly backwards for whatever reason. Thus, I stay thin, but I need to eat huge meals from time to time in order to keep on going.

 

[MasterOfABCs]

At this rate in a few hundred years slighty obese will be considered in shape.

 

[The Helper]

Send them to the zoo

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