What is Obesity?

Obesity is defined by a unit of measurement know as your Body Mass Index (BMI).
BMI is the most common method used today to determine weight status.
BMI is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms over your height in meters, squared.
That can sound pretty complicated, so we have provided you with a calculator to calculate your BMI.

What is your BMI?

Obesity And Mortality

• Heart Disease
• Cerebrovascular Disease (stroke)
• Diabetes
• Cancer

What Is The Cost Of Obesity?

    Obese individuals spend.....

• $1000 to $4000 more per year on health care
• 25%-50% more for health, life and disability insurance
• 20% more for plus size clothes!

Save money on clothes!
    Clothing in plus sizes often runs about 20% more than clothes in standard sizes. After you invest in a new wardrobe, you can save on maintaining it. If you spend $1000 per year on clothes this translates to $200 in savings.
Yearly Clothing Budget:   x0.20  (dollars saved)

Save money on health care!
Call your insurance provider and find out how much money your rates would be reduced if you reduced your weight. You can also save money on the out of pocket expenses on prescription drugs; also save on over the counter medications such as pain relievers, digestive aids, etc.

    Obese individuals lose.....

• Approximately $100,000 less over their career
• 8-20 years of life expectancy

Boost your career!
A study published in the September 2002 issue of the Journal of Health and Economics reported that regardless of a person's career, being obese limited their advancement and salary. On average, obese people earned 2.5% less than their thinner colleagues performing the same job. For the typical American this amounts to roughly $100,000 less over the life of their career. Obese woman earn as much as 6.5% less.
Multiply Your Salary:   x0.025  (dollars lost)

Add years to your life!
Obese non-smokers did 13.3 to 13.7 years sooner than normal-weight non-smokers. people who were morbidly obsess (defined as being 100 lbs. or more over weight) reduced their longevity by 20 years. The average lifespan of Americans is 79.8 years for woman and 74.4 years for men.

Save money on food bills!
Track your food expenditures for a couple of weekdays and one weekend day. Chose days that are fairly typical so that your estimate is reasonably accurate. Be sure to include the cost of any beverage and snacks you buy. Suppose you cut your food intake by a third. Estimate how much you spend a day, week or month for food. Then multiply your estimate by 0.33 to estimate your potential savings during the same time period.
Food Expenses   x0.33  (dollars saved)

If people lose the weight and keep it off following our program, they break even the first year and they can save cost of the program each year there after!
The value of increased lifespan and improved self-esteem is PRICELESS!