Term Life Insurance - The Cost of Obesity

The stereotypical image of the overweight American is no longer a laughing matter. As more and more people fall into the overweight bracket, the country is rapidly turning into an obese nation! Alarming statistics scream out that the United States can be considered one of the world's most overweight nations and over 50 million of Americans are medically ‘obese'. Apart from these numbers, obesity affects lives in numerous ways. Being overweight shortens your life expectancy and increases the odds of disease. Obese people also spend more money on medical bills and prescription drugs. Obesity and with it – heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and the like are only getting worse as time goes by. Health reasons and vanity

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