Obese staff cost US firms $US73bn a year

I have written the similar topic concerning obese and lose weight before, while I have to say this is an endless topic among general public, especially in the group of women, someone said that woman spents their entire life to struggle to the unwanted weight, and it's more than true, every girl dreams they can wear like the super model, but most of them can only frown to the tumid shape in the mirror. It is the headline of this news which attracts me then decided to use it as the source of this blog: "Obese staff cost US firms $73bn a year".

http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/obese-staff-cost-us-firms-us73bn-a-year-20101008-16bic.html

Undoubtedly, it's a startle figure which change the comon sense of the obese of most people. According to the report, the biggest cause of losing quite a bit money is "presenteeism" and absence from work, obese works are believed to contribute less productive since the health problems. The report gives a lot of figures from a researcher team, they trail the obesity full time workers, to tally their medical expenditures, presenteeism and absence from work to put a dollar figure on the per capita. It says the per capita cost of obesity was as high as $US16,900 ($17,240) a year for the women who is overweigh 45kg than average, and the men with BMI more than 40. The number was compared to around $US10,000 ($10,200) a year of the normal weigh people.

As known by the general public, America has more and more obese problem due to the fast food and high calorie food. Thus, incredibly, this report reveals that one in four American have the problem of obese. This report use an interesting but very convincing angle to alarm the whole world not just America be aware of the increasing problem: obese!