To brakes on fat wallet and health, especially for women.

Doctors have long known that the higher medical costs for overweight but that is only part of the cost of real life.

Researchers at the University of George Washington has such things as sick leave to employees, lost productivity and need more fuel -, and found the annual cost of obesity is $ 4,879 to $ 2,646 for women and men.

It is much more than just the cost of obesity at $ 524 to $ 432 for men and women, concludes a report published on Tuesday, previously published studies were analyzed to obtain a holistic manner.

Why the difference between the sexes? Studies show that women are far more profitable than lean women, while the wage is no different when people pound package. This is a big surprise, “said study leader and co-author of the health policy professor Christine – Ferguson.

The researchers expect that the salaries of all persons who suffer from obesity, but: “It proves that you do not like the people less fortunate in terms of wages,” said Ferguson to know the plans, why.

Then we consider an early death associated with obesity. Although it is not something people usually consider the portfolio problem, the report was not the average economic value of life lost. The annual cost of obesity to increase in women up to $ 8,365 and $ 6,518 men.

This report was funded by the gastric band manufacturer, type of obesity surgery.

This data is not consistent with other studies, surprising, said Dr. Kevin Schulman, professor of medicine and health economist at Duke University who was involved in a new report.

Two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese and obese children has tripled in the last three decades. Almost 18 percent of adolescents are overweight, on the future of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other diseases.

Seeing money would help policy makers take into account the value of spending to combat obesity to avoid, “said Schulman, pointed to factors like changes in diet over the last 30 years and the physical environment, the physics-inhibitor activity.

“We pay a high price as a society of obesity, why not consider it a very big problem for our economy,” he inquired. “We’re overweight, and we must make the effort this month before the main-poor children in middle-diabetics ready.”

A large study published last year, the average medical expenses were an additional $ 1,400 each year than normal weight to overweight. Compounds, Tuesday, adding the bulk of the costs associated with work – things such as absenteeism or disability – health.
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