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 could be reduced if you lost weight. Losing weight can also mean less prescription drugs and over the counter medications which can save even more money.

    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:   x0.25  (dollars lost)

Add years to your life!
According to the most recent statistics losing weight adds 13.3 to 13.7 years to your life, Obese non-smokers died 13.3 to 13.7 years sooner than normal-weight non-smokers. People who were morbidly obese (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. Choose 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)

People that lose weight and keep it off BY ENROLLING IN OUR PROGRAM break even the first year. Savings continue each year weight loss is kept off. The value of an increased lifespan, better quality of life, and improved self-esteem is PRICELESS!