The costs of obesity as we are beinging to understand them are much more than we hint at here. If an obese person has type II diabetes and sufferes a common side effect such as clotes in the legs one of the possible things which can happen may be increased leg infections( not the only problem), this can lead to spending expensive time in the Hospital to save a leg. But leg infection may have been caused by obesity, and the hospital list the problem as a MRSA infection ( MRSA caused by too much time in Hospital). A person who has type II diabetes may go through many varriations of medical problems , but the cause is still obesity.
John Wardof OR11:40PM April 08, 2012
There is the problem too that the health problems caused by obesity are covered by insurance but the treatment of obesity is often not. I was insured through my workplace, had a BMI of 54 with several health issues - severe GERD Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea, High Blood Pressure, and a host of other issues related to obesity, all of which were being treated by my doctors and costing my insurance company and myself thousands and thousands of dollars. All the while I was repeatedly denied any weight loss related treatments: no weight loss or fitness programs, nutrition classes, pharmaceuticals, therapy, nothing related to the treatment of weight loss was covered and I was denied weight loss surgery even though I was told by my doctors that many of the painful, debilitating, and life threatening conditions impacting my health would be potentially relieved and that having weight loss surgery was the best option. I ultimately decided to self pay in Mexico for Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. My before and after theworldaccordingtoeggface.com The 158 pound weight loss I achieved resolved all my health issues, I am off all 8 medications I was on prior to surgery, I have not been to the doctor for anything more than routine check-ups in 5 years - all of which are a considerable savings to my insurance company. I hope to continue to live a healthy life and am happy with my decision to self-pay thankfully I was financially able to but I should never have had to go out of my country in order to get treatment.
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