" Making the cost impact all the more troubling is the fact that,
unlike smokers, obese people tend to live almost as long as those who
keep their weight under control. ' Smokers die early enough that they
save Social Security, private pensions, and Medicare "trillions of
dollars," said Duke's Eric Finkelstein. But mortality isn't that much
higher among the obese.' "
There is so much wrong about that quote it is hard to know where to begin. What I find most "troubling" is Mr. Ungar (with Mr. Finkelstein's help) seeming to imply it would be better for everyone if obese folk had the courtesy to die earlier like smokers. These are people you two bozos are talking about for heaven's sake!! Huge ignorance and insensitivity points scored here by the hurry-up-and-die slam on the obese and smokers alike.
On a side note, Ungar and Finkelstein unwittingly expose a huge lie perpetrated all over the media by the multi-billion dollar diet and fitness industry that being overweight is a death-at -an-early-age guarantee. I do find that amusing.
Also problematic is the inference of the tremendous healthcare burden obesity places on society. Ungar cites a 2012 Reuters study claiming obesity costs $190 billion a year. In my book I discuss the demonization of fat people by the media with particular emphasis on the healthcare burden issue. Here are a few interesting facts Messrs. Ungar and Finkelstein need to consider:
Paul Leigh, a UC Davis Professor of Public Health Sciences published his research results titled, U.S. Work-Related Injuries, Illnesses Cost $250 Billion Annually: Study. That $250 billion pricetag is "$31 billion more than the direct and indirect costs of all cancer, $76 billion more than diabetes, and $187 billion more than strokes."
His data was gleaned from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention among other reputable sources. Read my book for some eye opening tidbits from a CDC study on the costs of Sport, Exercise, and Recreational (SER) injuries. Learn the burden fitness is putting on our healthcare system!
Here's a closing thought to ponder about SER's from Injury Prevention Online.
"More exercise will mean less obesity related disease, but exercise related injuries may negate the gain. Recent studies point to the significant and largely under-researched, injury problem associated with sports and recreational injury."
You can be fat and fit my friends. Learn what exercises and activities are safe and appropriate for you.
Let's have a rational, national conversation on weight and health, not one driven by lies, false scare tactics and demonization.
There is so much wrong about that quote it is hard to know where to begin. What I find most "troubling" is Mr. Ungar (with Mr. Finkelstein's help) seeming to imply it would be better for everyone if obese folk had the courtesy to die earlier like smokers. These are people you two bozos are talking about for heaven's sake!! Huge ignorance and insensitivity points scored here by the hurry-up-and-die slam on the obese and smokers alike.
On a side note, Ungar and Finkelstein unwittingly expose a huge lie perpetrated all over the media by the multi-billion dollar diet and fitness industry that being overweight is a death-at -an-early-age guarantee. I do find that amusing.
Also problematic is the inference of the tremendous healthcare burden obesity places on society. Ungar cites a 2012 Reuters study claiming obesity costs $190 billion a year. In my book I discuss the demonization of fat people by the media with particular emphasis on the healthcare burden issue. Here are a few interesting facts Messrs. Ungar and Finkelstein need to consider:
Paul Leigh, a UC Davis Professor of Public Health Sciences published his research results titled, U.S. Work-Related Injuries, Illnesses Cost $250 Billion Annually: Study. That $250 billion pricetag is "$31 billion more than the direct and indirect costs of all cancer, $76 billion more than diabetes, and $187 billion more than strokes."
His data was gleaned from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention among other reputable sources. Read my book for some eye opening tidbits from a CDC study on the costs of Sport, Exercise, and Recreational (SER) injuries. Learn the burden fitness is putting on our healthcare system!
Here's a closing thought to ponder about SER's from Injury Prevention Online.
"More exercise will mean less obesity related disease, but exercise related injuries may negate the gain. Recent studies point to the significant and largely under-researched, injury problem associated with sports and recreational injury."
You can be fat and fit my friends. Learn what exercises and activities are safe and appropriate for you.
Let's have a rational, national conversation on weight and health, not one driven by lies, false scare tactics and demonization.
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