Corporations launch war on fat

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http://www.msnbc.com/news/958075.asp?0dm=L13JH

Even though the payoff may not come for many years, employers know that healthy employees make less health care claims and are more productive.

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With two-thirds of U.S. adults overweight or obese, many businesses are offering workers weight-loss programs to try to reduce their hefty costs for obesity-related problems, from heart disease and diabetes to arthritis, stroke, certain cancers, depression and lost productivity.

The cost of obesity to U.S. businesses - for health care, sick leave and life and disability insurance - is estimated at $12.7 billion, according to a recent study in the American Journal of Health Promotion.

Another study, in the journal Health Affairs, estimated that cost could top $30 billion. Meanwhile, company health insurance premiums jumped an average of 13 percent last year, according to the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Damn.
 
After the massive success of Viagra, the next three "lifestyle drugs" that the pharmaceutical companies are racing to develop and patent are a female version of Viagra, a male pattern baldness cure, and a pill that gets rid of your fat. Those last two are expected to make the profits of Viagra look like peanuts.
 
Cool. My ideal company is one I can bike to work in morning, shower and change in the locker room, and then work out in the gym during lunch. Hopefully the day that will be rule rather than the exception is fast approaching...
 
Bouncing Zabaglione Bros. said:
After the massive success of Viagra, the next three "lifestyle drugs" that the pharmaceutical companies are racing to develop and patent are a female version of Viagra, a male pattern baldness cure, and a pill that gets rid of your fat. Those last two are expected to make the profits of Viagra look like peanuts.
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I guess another example of the quick fix mentality.

In this age of work work work I agree that companies should be making an effort to allow the worker to bike to work and shower. We increasingly have to fit stuff in in an ever shrinking day. I certainly hope this becomes the norm...

Regards,
 
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