{"id":7576,"date":"2010-10-03T02:29:55","date_gmt":"2010-10-03T08:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/?p=7576"},"modified":"2011-02-10T12:47:26","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T18:47:26","slug":"obesity-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2010\/10\/03\/obesity-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost of Obesity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a title=\"quick fitness tips amymac book\" href=\"http:\/\/fittip.me\/9IbNzP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"fitness book\" src=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/NEW-BOOK-PROMO.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>\u2026 only 28 days until the book release!<\/h2>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<h1>OBESITY COSTS<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"obesity costs\" href=\"http:\/\/fittip.me\/d0ejys\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7577\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"dollar sign\" src=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/dollar-sign.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"124\" \/><\/a>A while back, I received a health alert from Men\u2019s Health that talked about how we could save money, the environment, and ourselves by exercising and getting rid of obesity. \u00a0After some complex calculations, they determined that we spend approximately $487 billion every year as a direct result of obesity!<\/p>\n<p>If you really think about it, though, it makes sense. \u00a0Cars and planes would be more fuel efficient if we were lighter, so there would be less money spent there. \u00a0We wouldn\u2019t be overeating, which puts a strain on our food production. \u00a0We wouldn\u2019t be outgrowing our clothes and needing to replace them.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most importantly, we wouldn\u2019t be afflicted with all of the illnesses and issues that result in outrageously high medical bills and loss of productivity at work. \u00a0If you break it down, these numbers mean that Americans each spend $4200 annually on costs related to obesity!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/counters.gigya.com\/wildfire\/IMP\/CXNID=2000002.0NXC\/bT*xJmx*PTEyODYwOTQ1MDc1MzcmcHQ9MTI4NjA5NDUxMTU4MSZwPTQ*MTQ*MiZkPSZnPTImbz*yZjBhY2Q*YTliYjM*NDBiOTUz\/MWRkYjEwZWVkYTc4NSZvZj*w.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" \/><object id=\"MevioWM\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"236\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"align\" value=\"middle\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"never\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"distribConfig=http:\/\/www.mevio.com\/widgets\/configFiles\/distribconfig_mwm_pcw_default.php?r=3698523&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;container=false&amp;rssFeed=\/%3FsId=277%26sMediaId=8062961%26format=json&amp;playerIdleEnabled=false&amp;fwSiteSection=DistribGeneric\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/ui.mevio.com\/widgets\/mwm\/MevioWM.swf?r=3698523 \" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"MevioWM\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"distribConfig=http:\/\/www.mevio.com\/widgets\/configFiles\/distribconfig_mwm_pcw_default.php?r=3698523&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;container=false&amp;rssFeed=\/%3FsId=277%26sMediaId=8062961%26format=json&amp;playerIdleEnabled=false&amp;fwSiteSection=DistribGeneric\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed id=\"MevioWM\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"236\" src=\"http:\/\/ui.mevio.com\/widgets\/mwm\/MevioWM.swf?r=3698523 \" name=\"MevioWM\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" flashvars=\"distribConfig=http:\/\/www.mevio.com\/widgets\/configFiles\/distribconfig_mwm_pcw_default.php?r=3698523&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;container=false&amp;rssFeed=\/%3FsId=277%26sMediaId=8062961%26format=json&amp;playerIdleEnabled=false&amp;fwSiteSection=DistribGeneric\" quality=\"high\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"never\" align=\"middle\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>===<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Amy Mac\u2019s 2nd book<\/span><strong> <a title=\"fitness book\" href=\"http:\/\/fittip.me\/93klWT\">Fitness Made Too Easy<\/a><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/em>is going to be released on Halloween 2010! \u00a0That\u2019s right,\u00a0<strong>10\/31\/10<\/strong>! It will feature 101 easy tips to help you live a healthy and fit life! 91 of those tips will be released right here, starting today and going through the launch date. The last 10 tips are EXCLUSIVE to the book so if you want them, you\u2019ll have to buy the book! We are also working on lots of bonus material to overload the book!\u00a0<a title=\"fitness tip book\" href=\"http:\/\/fittip.me\/93klWT\">Pre-order your copy now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"free health and fitness tips\" href=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/\"><em>WithAmyMac.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 only 28 days until the book release! === OBESITY COSTS A while back, I received a health alert from Men\u2019s Health that talked about how we could save money, the environment, and ourselves by exercising and getting rid of obesity. \u00a0After some complex calculations, they determined that we spend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,37,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episodes","category-fitness-attack-episodes","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}