Finances suffer by being overweight (Jennifer Openshaw - MarketWatch)

OK, this article at link below if quite fascinating and brings up several items of note - and keep in mind, my comments below are my comments, not those of the link's authors):
1) if you are overweight, you eat more calories, thus spend more money on food
2) if you are overweight, your health can suffer in numerous ways, thus increasing spending on health care (either out of obese person's wallet, or tax payer if the person isn't covered by health care) - chronic disease costs a lot over the long haul and even more when you are elderly and have to be in a medical assist facility
3) life insurance costs more if you are obese because the actuarial tables show obese people have shorter lives - thus, are charged more for life insurance (and medical insurance - remember pre-existing conditions!)
4) and what I think is a weird study on BMI (body mass index) showing think people earn more (what about all those "fat cat" males who ARE big earners.......whatever.  Ms. Openshaw makes some good points in the article, so check it out.
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If you don't lose weight your finances will Jennifer Openshaw - MarketWatch