Month: February 2012

Risks of Obesity: Financial Cost/Benefit Analysis | Psychology Today

“An alternative reading of the data might suggest that the war on obesity is the source of increased costs rather than higher BMI itself. ” “Because BMI is considered a risk factor for many diseases, obese persons are automatically relegated to greater testing and treatment, which means that positing BMI as a risk factor results in increased costs, regardless of whether BMI itself is problematic.”