Being Obese Costs $1,400 More In Healthcare Each Year

As the debate goes on about health care, it continually irritates me that people are not focusing on prevention. As the heading of this update show, obesity is a HUGE drain on health care and the majority of that obesity is a function of behavior NOT genes. I go a little crazy when I hear the gene argument as I can list thousands of people I know who NEVER had a weight problem, and are now huge. Look at the list of TV and Movie stars that have ballooned in size:

Alec Baldwin
William Shatner
Liz Taylor
Val Kilmer
Kirsti Ally
Candace Bergen
John Travolta
and many more.

They did NOT start out overweight. Their behavior caused them to gain the weight.

The biggest problem is that since two-thirds of the American population is overweight, it is therefore more accepted. That’s a shame.

Jim