As a person 's BMI increases, so does the number of sick days, medical claims, and health care costs. In 2000, the medical cost of obesity in the United States was more than $117 billion; and then in 2002, costs attributed to being overweight and obesity reached an incredible $92.6 billion. Numerous insurance companies do not cover clinical or non-clinical weight-loss programs. Treatment of an obese individual costs $1,244 more in 2002 than in comparison to a person who calculates in the healthy-weight range. In total in 2003, Americans spent about $75 billion in weight-related medical bills (Obesity Action Coalition para. 4). The rise in medical bills results with Americans putting the blame on their medical care company or their “crooked” doctor. However, the lesson they need to learn is the spike in medical cost can easily be prevented by taking care of themselves in the first place. There is a saying that “you are what you eat.” When you order the next size up you pay extra, thus you literally are what you eat because you have to pay extra for more support for your
As a person 's BMI increases, so does the number of sick days, medical claims, and health care costs. In 2000, the medical cost of obesity in the United States was more than $117 billion; and then in 2002, costs attributed to being overweight and obesity reached an incredible $92.6 billion. Numerous insurance companies do not cover clinical or non-clinical weight-loss programs. Treatment of an obese individual costs $1,244 more in 2002 than in comparison to a person who calculates in the healthy-weight range. In total in 2003, Americans spent about $75 billion in weight-related medical bills (Obesity Action Coalition para. 4). The rise in medical bills results with Americans putting the blame on their medical care company or their “crooked” doctor. However, the lesson they need to learn is the spike in medical cost can easily be prevented by taking care of themselves in the first place. There is a saying that “you are what you eat.” When you order the next size up you pay extra, thus you literally are what you eat because you have to pay extra for more support for your