Overweight people make less money at work
Are you obese? And are you an obese woman? Then it is very likely that you are being paid less than your colleagues simply for being obese. And if you are an obese woman, in addition to the fact that you will be paid less for just being a woman, your pay will be further lowered if you are also obese.
In a working paper "The incidence of the healthcare costs of obesity," researchers Jay Bhattacharya and Kate Bundorf of Stanford University find that the incremental healthcare costs associated with obesity are passed on to obese workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the form of lower cash wages. Obese workers in firms without employer-sponsored insurance do not have a wage offset relative to their non-obese counterparts. Several studies have shown that obese individuals tend to be sicker and spend more on health care, raising the question of who bears the incidence of obesity-related health care costs. This was the reason the researchers decided to investigate the issue. They relied on federal data for ten years and defined obesity as a BMI of 30 or higher.
According to the researchers obese employees were paid an average of $1.20 less than their non-obese colleagues and the gap appeared to grow over time.
How to deal with obesity?
We have written extensively on this subject on LuvCube and I am including a list of articles on losing weight and having a healthier lifestyle. I will, however, repeat that dealing with obesity is generally simple, if you can be disciplined about it. There are only two things to do. One, eat less (to lose weight) and eat only as many calories as you need (to maintain your weight). Secondly, exercise regularly. More if you need to lose weight and moderate exercise to maintain your weight and stay fit.
You can follow a formal diet or just be disciplined about it on your own. The goal is to control what you are eating. Similarly, you can join a gym, hire a personal trainer, or simply exercise on your own right inside your home using a DVD or do simple exercise routines like bellydancing, jumping rope, etc.
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Source: Stanford University
In a working paper "The incidence of the healthcare costs of obesity," researchers Jay Bhattacharya and Kate Bundorf of Stanford University find that the incremental healthcare costs associated with obesity are passed on to obese workers with employer-sponsored health insurance in the form of lower cash wages. Obese workers in firms without employer-sponsored insurance do not have a wage offset relative to their non-obese counterparts. Several studies have shown that obese individuals tend to be sicker and spend more on health care, raising the question of who bears the incidence of obesity-related health care costs. This was the reason the researchers decided to investigate the issue. They relied on federal data for ten years and defined obesity as a BMI of 30 or higher.
According to the researchers obese employees were paid an average of $1.20 less than their non-obese colleagues and the gap appeared to grow over time.
How to deal with obesity?
We have written extensively on this subject on LuvCube and I am including a list of articles on losing weight and having a healthier lifestyle. I will, however, repeat that dealing with obesity is generally simple, if you can be disciplined about it. There are only two things to do. One, eat less (to lose weight) and eat only as many calories as you need (to maintain your weight). Secondly, exercise regularly. More if you need to lose weight and moderate exercise to maintain your weight and stay fit.
You can follow a formal diet or just be disciplined about it on your own. The goal is to control what you are eating. Similarly, you can join a gym, hire a personal trainer, or simply exercise on your own right inside your home using a DVD or do simple exercise routines like bellydancing, jumping rope, etc.
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Source: Stanford University
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