 Obesity is Expensive |
Consider the statistics:
- 72 million adults are considered obese (defined by the BMI being over 30)
- 84.8 million adults have no leisure-time physical activity
- total obesity-related health care costs are estimated at $147 billion
Those are some frustrating numbers.
Given those ridiculous health care costs, and all the other money that you have to shell out food, clothing, fad weight loss gimmicks, etc… just how much does it cost annually for the average person to be obese?
A recent study conducted by George Washington University researchers found that the annual cost of being overweight is $8,365 for men and $6,518 for women with an obesity-related shortened life span factored in.
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