Severe obesity is a disability, European court adviser rules

摘要

EXTREME OBESITY may in future be classified as a disability under EU Law, providing protection for morbidly overweight workers who suffer discrimination at work. The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg issued a preliminary ruling on a claim by Karsten Kaltoft, a Danish childminder who was dismissed by his local city council in 2010 after reportedly being unable to bend down to tie up shoelaces. The court heard that he weighed more than 160kg (25st).