{"id":98699,"date":"2014-06-12T08:36:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T13:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=98699"},"modified":"2014-06-12T12:58:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T17:58:03","slug":"the-actual-cost-of-obesity-in-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/the-actual-cost-of-obesity-in-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"The $190 Billion Problem: It&#8217;s the Actual Cost of Obesity in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/the-actual-cost-of-obesity-in-numbers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-98712\" alt=\"Bistro MD obesity and healthcare costs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Bistro-MD-obesity-and-healthcare-costs-e1402519497826.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"2646\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Health researchers continue to study\u2014and warn about\u2014the <strong><a title=\"Worldwide, children becoming more obese\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/childhood-obesity-around-the-world\/\">rising rate of obesity worldwide<\/a> <\/strong>and particularly in the <strong><a title=\"america most obese nation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/35-7-of-americans-are-obese-12-states-considered-very-obese\/\">United States<\/a><\/strong>. The concern, of course, is for people&#8217;s overall health: Being obese is associated with a ton of medical problems including type 2 diabetes and heart disease, which is why you&#8217;ve probably heard that obesity is one of the main causes of skyrocketing health care costs.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The reality is heavy people tend to require more medical care than average weight people.\u00a0This sounds pretty basic, but the actual numbers that support this are quite alarming.\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Bistro MD\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/click-3605909-10510958\" target=\"_blank\">Bistro MD<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>put together this infographic showing just how worried we should be about obesity. According to the studies and surveys cited, obesity is a $190 billion problem, annually. That means that each year that much money is dished out to combat obesity-related illness.<\/p>\n<p>Women with obesity seem to fare worse than men: The <strong><a title=\"Obesity costs women more \" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/obesity-is-more-expensive-for-women\/\">average obese woman&#8217;s medical bills<\/a> <\/strong>come in at an additional $3,613 each year when compared to a healthy weight woman; obese men tend to spend an extra $1,152.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"body image documentaries\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/5-films-about-body-image-everyone-should-watch\/\">5 Films About Body Image Every Man and Woman Should Watch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"skinny fat\" href=\"%20%20%20%20https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/skinny-fat-individuals-have-higher-death-rate-than-the-obese\/\">Skinny-Fat Has Higher Death Rate Than the Obese<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Obesity linked to headaches and migraines\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/obesity-linked-to-headaches-and-migraines\/\">Obesity Linked to Headaches and Migraines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health researchers continue to study\u2014and warn about\u2014the rising rate of obesity worldwide and particularly in the United States. The concern, of course, is for people&#8217;s overall health: Being obese is associated with a ton of medical problems including type 2 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/the-actual-cost-of-obesity-in-numbers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687,1367,350,3695,804,93,4333,58],"tags":[7246,314,10740,8226,92,6775,9266],"class_list":["post-98699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","category-childrens-health","category-diabetes","category-diet-and-nutrition","category-heart-disease","category-mens-health","category-senior-health","category-womens-health","tag-bistromd","tag-childhood-obesity","tag-infographic","tag-obese","tag-obesity","tag-obesity-epidemic","tag-obesity-related-diseases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98699"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98729,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98699\/revisions\/98729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}