Les Murray, Australian poet
The end is no longer near – the rear end that is. A story pointed out that fatter behinds are causing many drug injections to miss their mark. To solve this weighty
problem longer needles are required.The Reuters article, which quoted researchers from the Adelaide and Meath Hospital in Dublin said that basically 23 out of 25 women missed receiving the proper dosage because of the fat tissue was too thick.
Apparently, obesity affects more than 300 million people worldwide and is based on a measure of height versus weight that produces a body mass index above 30. An estimated 65 percent of U.S. adults are overweight or obese.
2 comments:
BMI 20.5... I don't need long needles. I knew that! ;-)
Eeeeee.... last time I had a needle come anywhere near me I passed out. Thanks for yet another reason to avoid that extra cookie.
That's an interesting window into the obesity problem!
Q
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