Obese People Literature Review

Literature review

Obese people use more stuff: Obese people’s needs cost more. They usually use more goods and services to get their needs than thin people. Obese people clothes needs more materials and work to get it done; t-shirts, sweaters, underwear, pants, socks everything needs more cotton or polyester to make it. Plenty of larger sizes cost more. Karen Teide, author of Knitting Fabric Rugs, said look at catalogs that cater to a wide size range--there are often upcharges for XXL or extra-long, even Wal-Mart charges more for XXL. Obese people need more space which may affect others, especially in public transportation like subways, taxis, and airplanes. Even when they are alone obese people need a car with a large leg room to fit. Obese people use more medicine and medical drugs than thin people. A new study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that obese adults in the United States use a number of prescription drug types more frequently than

should be separated from those who do not follow a healthy lifestyle or do not care about their body concerning the costs of insurance and other medical care systems. In fact, making thin people pay less will benefit both obese and thin people, because it will encourage obese people to follow a diet and lose weight, reduce suffering and prevent social embarrassment. “In the spirit of a mutually supportive community, the task of the statutory health insurance is to maintain, restore or improve health of the insured. The insured have co-responsibility for their health; through a health conscious way of living, taking part in appropriately timed preventative measures [and] playing an active role in treatment and rehabilitation, they should contribute to avoiding illness and disability and overcoming the respective consequences” (Schmidt