The Real Reason Being Overweight is Unhealthy: You are Mistreated in the Health Care System
If you are an overweight woman you:
- May have a harder time getting health insurance or have to pay higher premiums
- Are at higher risk of being misdiagnosed or receiving inaccurate dosages of drugs
- Are less likely to find a fertility doctor who will help you get pregnant
- Are less likely to have cancer detected early and get effective treatment for it
Got it. If you are overweight, you are going to be mistreated.
Why is it only women? Do obese men get off the hook?
I agree with Nancy. Looks a bit sexist to me.
Let’s start at the basics.
An overweight woman may have a difficult time getting a job which provides her health insurance.
A study published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences finds that the attractiveness of interviewees can significantly bias outcome in hiring practices, reflecting a clear distinction between the attractive and normal,or even overweight interviewees in terms of high and low status job packages offered.
Better jobs: better insurance. Besides the obvious effects of her weight impacting her health, she will have a difficult time obtaining insurance, and then will then be mistreated in the health care system.
Seems like an obvious decision to me – “put down the fork.”
Why didn’t i think of that, Liz. Just put down the fork?