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		ams6110 on March 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unfit for work The rise in "back pain and other musculoskeletal" disability claims since the 1960s seems to track well with the rise in obesity during that same time. And I noticed that a fair number of the pictured subjects were obese.

bluedino on March 22, 2013 | [–]

Not to mention asthma. I know of a few people who are disabled because they have asthma, and they are obese.

williadc on March 22, 2013 | | [–]

My sister is a paramedic with asthma that sent her to the hospital regularly for much of her childhood, but has diminished as she's gotten older.

robertfw on March 22, 2013 | [–]

Perhaps also desk work?

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