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Originally Posted by polak
Yeah I was going to mention this too.
Can we add "Do you have any intention of trying to not be a fat ****?" to insurance forms?
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickunga...-than-smoking/
Pretty good little bit on the debate:
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How serious is the problem? Obesity has risen a full 34% since 1960 while morbid obesity is up sixfold.
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.”
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So smokers fund their health care costs via taxes on cigarettes and then do us all the courtesy of dieing early. The obese tend to linger on with a plethora of health issues.