| Many of us have the same reasons for
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| | losing weight could eventually add
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| wanting to exercise and lose
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| | substantially to your paycheck. But did
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| weight.....look better, feel better,
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| | you know that losing weight may also
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| lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol,
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| | lower the amount of money you personally
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| decreased risk of some cancers, lower
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| | pay out in medical costs?According to a
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| risk of heart disease, etc.But did you
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| | study recently published in Health
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| know that making your waistline thinner
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| | Affairs, obese Americans pay $732 more
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| will also make your wallet fatter?It's
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| | for health care each year than do
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| true! Losing weight will help you earn
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| | normal-weight adults. So what would you
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| and save more money. "Studies have
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| | do with an extra $732? Considering that
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| consistently shown that obese employees
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| | $732 is more than double the annual cost
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| are paid less than normal-weight
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| | of most gym memberships, it seems that
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| employees doing similar jobs" (Source: -
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| | joining a health club pays for itself.We
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| Palo Alto, CA)A comprehensive study of
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| | all have great reasons for wanting to
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| wages in 1998 found that obese workers
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| | lose that excess weight, and how we have
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| earn significantly less than than
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| | two more: potentially higher wages and
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| non-obese employees. How much less? About
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| | lower out-of-pocket medical
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| $3.41 per hour. This discrepancy was
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| | expenses.However, we do need to issue one
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| found only in those workers who had
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| | word of warning.....when losing weight
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| employer-sponsored health insurance,
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| | you may find that you need to spend some
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| perhaps suggesting that the higher costs
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| | of that 'saved money' on a new wardrobe.
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| of insuring obese individuals was being
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| | After all, you will have to buy some new
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| passed on to the employees themselves.
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| | 'skinny' clothes!Tracie Johanson is the
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| (Source: Bundorf and co-author Jay
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| | founder of Pick Up The Pace, a 30-minute
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| Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, assistant
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| | exercise studio for women focusing on
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| professor of medicine at the Center for
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| | fitness, health and nutrition for maximum
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| Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and
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| | weight loss. Please visit for more
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| Outcomes Research).So it's possible that
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| | information.
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