Breaking the Myths of Social Security and Obesity

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Breaking the Myths of Social Security and Obesity
Krystle Hara
http//www.cincypost.com/opinion/o041098.html
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Insert up to 2 Trillion in transition costs
Social Security The Generation Graft
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What are the requirements for declaring
disability under Social Security?

• Disability under Social Security is based on
  your inability to work because of a medical
  condition. We consider you disabled if
• You cannot do work you did before and we decide
  that you cannot adjust to other work because of a
  medical condition(s)
• Your disability must last or be expected to last
  for at least a year or result in death.

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Disability qualification questions

• Are you working?
• Is your condition severe?
• Is your condition found in the list of disabling
  conditions?
• Can you do the work you did previously?
• Can you do any other type of work?

http//www.ssa.gov
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Assessment of Severity

• Activities of daily living
• Social functioning
• Concentration, persistence and pace
• Episodes of decompensation

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14 Sections of the Body
8. Skin 9. Endocrine 10. Multiple Body
Systems 11. Neurological 12. Mental 13.
Neoplastic 14. Immune

• Musculoskeletal
• Special Senses Speech
• Respiratory
• Cardiovascular
• Digestive
• Genito-urinary
• Hernic Lymphatic

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12. Mental Disorders

• Organic mental disorders
• Schizophrenic, paranoid, other psychotic
  disorders
• Affective disorders
• Mental retardation
• Anxiety related disorders

6. Somatoform disorders 7. Personality
disorders 8. Substance addiction disorders 9.
Autistic disorder other pervasive developmental
disorders
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Marion-Polk Legal Aid Service
Marion-Polk Legal Aid Service, Inc. is a
non-profit corporation which provides free
assistance in civil legal matters to Marion and
Polk County residents in the state of Oregon,
with the main office located in Salem, Oregon.
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According to Fat Land author Greg Critser, about
61 of Americans are overweight.
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases used data from the 2000 US
Census to quote a higher number. 64.5 of adults
are overweight, which equals about 129.6 million
people.
http//cagle.slate.msn.com/news/FatFatFat/4.asp
Critser, Greg.
Fat Land. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.
2003. 4. http//win.niddk.nih.gov/statistics/inde
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• Cushings Syndrome
• A hormonal disorder caused by prolonged
  exposure of the bodys tissues to high levels of
  the hormone cortisol
• About 10-15 people out of every million have
  Cushings syndrome
• Also called hypercortisolism
• Most often caused by the presence of a tumor of
  the pituitary gland

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Cushings Syndrome
This is an illustration of a woman with
Cushings Syndrome
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