Interesting read this on AOL

The financial cost of remaining obese, which includes<br style="line-height: 0.8em; ">

• Medications, doctors fees and procedures
• Food expense
• Hiring others to do tasks you cannot do
• Limited opportunities for high-paying jobs: (The Council of Size & Weight Discrimination estimates that heavier-than-average workers will earn $100,000 less over a 40-year career)
• Higher insurance costs
• Higher clothing costs

A recent report by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services recently found that the cost of being obese, including the dollar value of years lost due to early death, was $6,518 a year for men and $8,365 a year for women.

And my insurance company still won't pay a dime for any type of weight loss help - surgery or otherwise. STUPID!!