Obesity :wearing down your pocketNot only does obesity affect you heath, it also affects your pocket. In South Africa currently approximately 61% of the population is considered overweight or obese. As a result, more than half of the population not only risk developing chronic health conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease (http://www.obesityinamerica.org/understandingObesity/diseases.cfm), but are also potentially placing themselves under severe financial strain due to more frequent medical bills and possible penalties for life insurance or medical aid (http://www.salvagente.co.za/ozone-saunas/obesity-can-cost-you-more-than-your-health/). Obesity also carries a cost in the work place that can result in lost Medicare funds. These costs include both direct and indirect costs, with indirect costs relating to lost wages and productivity lost to illness.
Sometimes one may pay higher life insurance premiums for obesity due to the long term health risks. For the morbidly obese – those with a Body Mass Index (BMI) (http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/) greater than 40 - they may even be declined life insurance or other benefits. Unfortunately, sometimes that wake-up call might come too late if arthritis or heart disease has already established itself.”
Reducing obesity can assist current workers in remaining productive, and reduce diseases related to obesity. For those South Africans suffering from obesity the time to act is now before it causes irreversible damage to one’s health and finances
Obese people should as I believe just spend their time eating healthy and exercising so that they can loose the weight they would want to lose, the time to act is now. health is a big problem.
ReplyDeleteObesity poses as a huge heath problem, feeling sorry for yourself won’t get u far but instead it will get u in functional problems .Your right, the time to act is now.
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