The author, Reuben Chow, uses facts to show five ways obesity negatively affects people financially. His first point is that obesity causes higher medical costs. Chow uses “The Fattening of America” by Eric Finkelstein and Laurie Zuckerman to argue his point. “The Fattening of America” states that obese males medical costs will be $170 more than a lighter males and an obese females medical costs will be $495 more than that of a lighter female. In the second point Chow says that obese persons will have a lower average income. According to a study that was done at Stanford University obese men and women earn $3.41 less than that of a lighter male or female which adds up to more than $7,000 a year. In Chow’s third point he uses the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to describe how obese Americans lose more work hours due to medical problems. On average the institute says that an obese American will lose about a week of work every year due to health related problems. In Chow’s fourth point he uses the journal The Engineering Economist to stress that obese Americans use more gasoline than a lighter average American. Due to their increased weight the car is forced to work harder therefore using more gasoline. In Chow’s fifth and final point he talks about how obese men and women have higher cost of air travel. Airplanes like cars burn more fuel with heavier passengers. Another cause is that obese passengers may have to purchase more than one seat to accompany their proper needs. Overall what I think Chow is trying to get across is that with the economy as is obese people are really going to struggle because they are forced to pay more just to do their daily routines; driving, flying, working. So in general being healthy can save you a lot of money.
Monday, December 8, 2008
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Chow, Reuben. "Five Ways One Has To Pay the Price for Obesity." Natural News.com. 3 Nov. 2008. 7 Dec. 2008 .
The author, Reuben Chow, uses facts to show five ways obesity negatively affects people financially. His first point is that obesity causes higher medical costs. Chow uses “The Fattening of America” by Eric Finkelstein and Laurie Zuckerman to argue his point. “The Fattening of America” states that obese males medical costs will be $170 more than a lighter males and an obese females medical costs will be $495 more than that of a lighter female. In the second point Chow says that obese persons will have a lower average income. According to a study that was done at Stanford University obese men and women earn $3.41 less than that of a lighter male or female which adds up to more than $7,000 a year. In Chow’s third point he uses the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to describe how obese Americans lose more work hours due to medical problems. On average the institute says that an obese American will lose about a week of work every year due to health related problems. In Chow’s fourth point he uses the journal The Engineering Economist to stress that obese Americans use more gasoline than a lighter average American. Due to their increased weight the car is forced to work harder therefore using more gasoline. In Chow’s fifth and final point he talks about how obese men and women have higher cost of air travel. Airplanes like cars burn more fuel with heavier passengers. Another cause is that obese passengers may have to purchase more than one seat to accompany their proper needs. Overall what I think Chow is trying to get across is that with the economy as is obese people are really going to struggle because they are forced to pay more just to do their daily routines; driving, flying, working. So in general being healthy can save you a lot of money.
The author, Reuben Chow, uses facts to show five ways obesity negatively affects people financially. His first point is that obesity causes higher medical costs. Chow uses “The Fattening of America” by Eric Finkelstein and Laurie Zuckerman to argue his point. “The Fattening of America” states that obese males medical costs will be $170 more than a lighter males and an obese females medical costs will be $495 more than that of a lighter female. In the second point Chow says that obese persons will have a lower average income. According to a study that was done at Stanford University obese men and women earn $3.41 less than that of a lighter male or female which adds up to more than $7,000 a year. In Chow’s third point he uses the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to describe how obese Americans lose more work hours due to medical problems. On average the institute says that an obese American will lose about a week of work every year due to health related problems. In Chow’s fourth point he uses the journal The Engineering Economist to stress that obese Americans use more gasoline than a lighter average American. Due to their increased weight the car is forced to work harder therefore using more gasoline. In Chow’s fifth and final point he talks about how obese men and women have higher cost of air travel. Airplanes like cars burn more fuel with heavier passengers. Another cause is that obese passengers may have to purchase more than one seat to accompany their proper needs. Overall what I think Chow is trying to get across is that with the economy as is obese people are really going to struggle because they are forced to pay more just to do their daily routines; driving, flying, working. So in general being healthy can save you a lot of money.
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