Maintaining the flab
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
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Personal health is tied very closely to financial health.
A person is considered obese if s/he is morbidly overweight, i.e. the person is at a risk of dying based on health complications that s/he has developed because of his/her weight.
Obesity is very expensive. Suze Orman, internationally acclaimed personal finance expert, shared some interesting tidbits on Obesity in America with the contestants of NBCs “Biggest Loser”, Season 8.
Apparently, research has shown that:
- Obese people earn less than people who aren’t obese, on average about $7,000 per year.
This is based on a number of factors including more sick days taken, and the increased cost to the employer for things such as health care insurance.
- On average, a family who eats just one meal at home every day can save up to $8,760 in just one year.
The average daily cost of the meal was calculated at $24.
- Americans spend $4.4 billion dollars per year on gastric bypass surgery.
With an average cost of $20,000 per surgery, that works out to 220,000 people per year.
- Obesity related healthcare issues cost Americans $147 billion dollars per year, 63% more than is spent on cancer related issues.
- An individual who has moved from being at an obese weight to his/her ideal weight would on average save $1 million dollars, in health care and other costs related to obesity, over 40 years.
Wowzers.
Makes you want to drop and do 3 sets of 12, STAT.
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