http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ot-enough.html

Family who are 'too fat to work' say £22,000 worth of benefits is not enough
A family of four with a combined weight of 83 stone say they are "too fat to work" and need more than the £22,000 they currently receive in benefits.

By Urmee Khan
Last Updated: 4:12PM GMT 17 Mar 2009
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(L to R) Emma, Audrey, Philip and Sam Chawner Photo: CLOSER/ BERNARD ASHTON
Philip Chawner, 53, and his 57-year-old wife Audrey weigh 24st. Their daughter Emma, 19, weighs 17st, while her older sister Samantha, 21, weighs 18st.
The family from Blackburn claim £22,508 a year in benefits, equivalent to the take-home pay from a £30,000 salary.


The Chawners, haven't worked in 11 years, claim their weight is a hereditary condition and the money they receive is insufficient to live on.
Mr Chawner said: "What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table. It's not our fault we can't work. We deserve more."
The family claim to spend £50 a week on food and consume 3,000 calories each a day. The recommended maximum intake is 2,000 for women and 2,500 for men.

"We have cereal for breakfast, bacon butties for lunch and microwave pies with mashed potato or chips for dinner," Mrs Chawner told Closer magazine.
"All that healthy food, like fruit and veg, is too expensive. We're fat because it's in our genes. Our whole family is overweight," she added.

Each week, Mr and Mrs Chawner, who have been married for 23 years, receive £177 in income support and incapacity benefit. Mrs Chawner is paid an extra £330-a-month disability allowance for epilepsy and asthma, both a result of being overweight.

Mr Chawner gets £71 a month after developing Type 2 diabetes because of his size. He was on a waiting list for a gastric band last year, but a heart condition made the operation unsuitable. Their daughter Samantha receives £84 in Jobseekers' Allowance each fortnight while Emma, who is training to be a hairdresser, gets £58 every two weeks under a hardship fund for low-income students.
Emma, said: "I'm a student and don't have time to exercise" she said "We all want to lose weight to stop the abuse we get in the street, but we don't know how."
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who the fuck are these lazy fat ass motherfucks think they are kidding. do u see what they are eating????

its called STOPING EATING THE CRAPPY FOOD. and watch your intake. and there is a picture in the link showing them ALL STANDING UP. what a bunch of fucking lazy asses.

Wait a minute... I can be on disability for being a fatass? Fuck that it's genius! I'm gonna quit my high paying job, drop out of school and sit on my ass all day watching TV and get paid for it. How do I go on disability?

I dont want to sound insensitive but they could try to work out and lose some of that weight instead of mooching off the government. A little bit of weight loss would improve their lives physically and financially because it they may be able to work a bit. I hate when people have excuses because they are too lazy to put in the littlest bit of effort. Just my opinion though...

1 Stone = 14 Lbs so......


Philip Chawner, 53, and his 57-year-old wife Audrey weigh 24st. ( 336 Lbs )

Their daughter Emma, 19, weighs 17st, ( 238 Lbs )

while her older sister Samantha, 21, weighs 18st ( 252 Lbs )



Wow


Imagine if being fat caught on as a disability in the US...... it would be an epidemic.



Tom

"healthy food is just too expensive"


wow..

they should eat their kids. that should hold them over for a while

what language is that written it?

Fack, I weigh 225. I work with no problem.

Years ago there was a Simpsons episode where Homer did this.

I was thinking the same thing.

HAHAHAHA If it makes the paper clear it is your gateway to weight gain.

oh yea, and sitting around all day and not working tends to make one fatter. their income should be cut so they can't afford as much food....

This world is a crazy place. Overeating and underexercising is not an uncontrollable health concern for the taxpayers to subsidize. You wanna be fat do it on your own dime.

i have a friend that weighs over 300 and works just fine. damn lazy asses

That does hold true. Compare sushi or panera to mcdonalds or taco bell. Fat food is allot cheaper.

But doesn't mean that they should be going straight for bacon budies.

Lazy

Put them on Biggest Loser UK.

They should get less money and a personal trainer. Once they lose weight give them jobs. If they gain it back and can't work again they get nothing.

fatties.


probably give great head though, right?

there are other foods that are healthy other than sushhi and panera...those 2 places are truly expensive

Very true in general. They should be concentrating more on the cheaper healthy foods. Jeez maybe a banana or apple here or there.

And not the healthiest...

Fruits, veggies and tofu FTMFW!!!!!

we give out handicap parking to fat people and disability to alcoholics. as easy (and funny) as it may be to pick on fat people, this doesnt seem absurd at all to me. 90 % of what we pay disability out for is bs, let the fatties eat until we decide to cut back on the seriously atrocious abuses of welfare spending

Fail/


Cite some examples boy!

I want to hear about a meal as filling as three. 1$ double cheezeburgers from mcds




Its very tricky for me to find food while OTR that's filling anf cheaper

Do you know what white rice is? Bleached and enriched...

Do you know what gluten is? Do you know what wheat is? Are you aware of how many calories are in the salad dressings from Panera? Checked their nutrition facts lately?

Sashimi is a better choice than sushi if ya wanna get down and dirty.

http://www.panerabread.com/pdf/nutr-guide.pdf

Page 5, cafe sammiches, Full Sierra Turkey on some fancy schmancy bread = 970 calories, 54g of fat, 12g saturated fat, and the drumroll please! 1,970 mg of SODIUM

Enjoy.

This makes me sick... especially since it's from my homeland. I have coworkers that are more than that and survive just fine.

I eat a lot of fast food because I'm lazy but I tip the scales at a whopping 185lbs (6' 0") When I'm not lazy I can pick up spaghetti and sauce that'll last me 3-4 days for the cost of one meal at McD's.

and the more diseases you develop the more you get paid. its a win-win. let them starve

They offer salads there foo that arent drenched in fat. page 6 it shows it.

So whats your alternative, If your going to be a nagging woman imma treats ya like one. Now dont just complain and show me an alternative.


If you wanna poke holes in my boat I want to see you supply another boat. cause so far you just proved that the fatties deserve more money.

Home cooked meals FTW!!!!

Get as close to the source of food as you can, and stay far away from processed stuff as possible. There's plenty of information out there, if you are serial and wanna chat, shoot me an IM.

Itemize me a home cooked meal price out.
I have yet to see a good home cooked meal beat the price of fatties.

1lb Chicken 6$ for fatties above likely need 2lb =12$
Fresh Veggies, 3-6$ for sides.
Carb source, Baked potatos $4
optional, fake butter spray for veggie and potatoes 1.80$
I got a total of $23
and now add in cook time, serve dishes, clean, etc . because time is money.



Now, the fun part is getting the fatties to stick with it due to flavor and chicken base.



Nah dood, I seriuosly know all this, in addition my father in law is allergic to gluten which makes it pleasant to cook well due to ingredients issues. I shop at 6-7 different places a week to get the best quality foods to serve the healthiest possible, (im not stripping completely. I enjoy taste) meals possible.

I have done numerous price outs to prove that cheap food, = bad food.

Hence why its so easy for fat poor people to stay fat.

Now Tackle number two.

Home cooked meals FTL.


What do you eat on the road when you need to buy something from a resturant. Thats what I was comparing to and I am looking for a response on this one.

you said there is better than what i posted that is, affordable, tasty, and relatively healthy.

The sad part is that in the long run, it will cost more for doctor's bills and medicine. Something people don't realize.. immediate gratification FTL