That really is sad. Think of the mentality of the general public that actually thinks a person like this ate themselves into this position... Now, this person not only has to deal with the disease, but also the morons that think they did it to themselves...
hiro, She DID live only an hour from you, she died in 1994 at the age of 34 according to the passage. It's terrible to know that obese people die so young from such an unfortunate disease.
i saw this about a month or so ago. it was sad, but he wasn't eating good food either, he was eating a LOT of junk food. he was malnurished even though he was comsuming sooo many calories every day. if i remember correctly, his condition is only speculation, that there's something wrong with his brain that makes him crave food to satisfy that feeling... that feel-good feeling ppl get hooked on drugs and sex, and whatever else, for.