Expensive obesity

Tamyka Bell said:

There are a variety of health risks associated with obesity. The
condition can be hard on the corporate wallet, too, owing to medical
expenses and missed days of work. A new study has concluded that the
annual additional cost for an obese worker can reach $2500.

It sounds as though employers ought to be (a) providing bikes for commuting
(b) paying staff for the extra time it takes, if any.

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From Scientific American:
*Study Assesses Annual Cost of Obesity to Employers

There are a variety of health risks associated with obesity. The
condition can be hard on the corporate wallet, too, owing to medical
expenses and missed days of work. A new study has concluded that the
annual additional cost for an obese worker can reach $2500.

Imagine all the burgers you could buy with that $2500(USD!?) if you weren't
obese!..

cheers,
GPL

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>> "Michael" == Michael Warner <[email hidden]> writes:

Michael On Wed said:

Quoted message said:

There are a variety of health risks associated with obesity. The
condition can be hard on the corporate wallet, too, owing to
medical expenses and missed days of work. A new study has
concluded that the annual additional cost for an obese worker can
reach $2500.

Michael> It sounds as though employers ought to be (a) providing
Michael> bikes for commuting (b) paying staff for the extra time it
Michael> takes, if any.

I doubt that will sit well with the board members of a corporation.
A more likely scenario is that employability will be dependent on the
waistline.

Some would argue that's already the case.
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They are considering providing cheap bikes for schools here on the ANU
campus so people can ride between different buildings on campus. Perhaps we
could encourage those less fit to use them often?

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Tamyka Bell said:

There are a variety of health risks associated with obesity. The
condition can be hard on the corporate wallet, too, owing to medical
expenses and missed days of work. A new study has concluded that the
annual additional cost for an obese worker can reach $2500.

It sounds as though employers ought to be (a) providing bikes for

commuting

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(b) paying staff for the extra time it takes, if any.

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GPLama said:

Tamyka Bell said:

From Scientific American:
*Study Assesses Annual Cost of Obesity to Employers

There are a variety of health risks associated with obesity. The
condition can be hard on the corporate wallet, too, owing to medical
expenses and missed days of work. A new study has concluded that the
annual additional cost for an obese worker can reach $2500.

Imagine all the burgers you could buy with that $2500(USD!?) if you weren't
obese!..

we have a chocolate bar machine and coke drink machine here at work,
sad thing is they make a killing =/

we've been lobbying for "healthy" food in these things =D

we got museli bars, which didn't sell 'cause they are horrible
and diet coke =\

kim

Bean Long said:

They are considering providing cheap bikes for schools here on the ANU
campus so people can ride between different buildings on campus. Perhaps we
could encourage those less fit to use them often?

Wouldn't it be better to make the unfit people walk between buildings and the bikes be a luxury for the fit? (afterall bikes are very efficient). I am not sure of the layout but it should be impossible to get a car (except courier vehicles etc) anywhere near any of the buildings. That way everyone would have to do some exercise.

quote='Michael Warner'On Wed said:

There are a variety of health risks associated with obesity. The
condition can be hard on the corporate wallet, too, owing to medical
expenses and missed days of work. A new study has concluded that the
annual additional cost for an obese worker can reach $2500.

It sounds as though employers ought to be (a) providing bikes for commuting
(b) paying staff for the extra time it takes, if any.

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My employer has ample showers and change facilities (first class, really) and has us enrolled in the local council gym's lunchtime sport competitions. I'd say we have close to zero obese employees out of about a hundred... ok, maybe a couple could lose a few kg... but no obesity here! It's all about having an environment conducive to exercise. We also got rid of cake day and replaced it with big tray of assorted fruit day.

Ritch

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we have a chocolate bar machine and coke drink machine here at work,
sad thing is they make a killing =/

When I was working with JayWoo a few years back, we had pies and cans of Red
Bull supplied.. bad bad bad... I managed to keep my intake to a minimum...
lucky I got out of there quick smart!

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we've been lobbying for "healthy" food in these things =D
we got museli bars, which didn't sell 'cause they are horrible
and diet coke =\

haha, I've just cracked my 2nd can of that stuff for the day... hmmm
"carbonated filler"... cough *spew burp*

cheers,
GPL

ritcho said:

Michael Warner said:

Tamyka Bell said:

There are a variety of health risks associated with obesity. The
condition can be hard on the corporate wallet, too, owing to medical
expenses and missed days of work. A new study has concluded that

the

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annual additional cost for an obese worker can reach $2500.

It sounds as though employers ought to be (a) providing bikes for
commuting
(b) paying staff for the extra time it takes, if any.

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My employer has ample showers and change facilities (first class,
really) and has us enrolled in the local council gym's lunchtime sport
competitions. I'd say we have close to zero obese employees out of
about a hundred... ok, maybe a couple could lose a few kg... but no
obesity here! It's all about having an environment conducive to
exercise. We also got rid of cake day and replaced it with big tray of
assorted fruit day.

Ritch

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Oooh, you had me hooked until you said no cake. I cannot imagine a world
with no cake. It would be a very sad workplace.

Tam

Euan said:

I doubt that will sit well with the board members of a corporation.
A more likely scenario is that employability will be dependent on the
waistline.

ROFL, have you seen the average board member?

ritcho said:

My employer has ample showers and change facilities (first class,
really) and has us enrolled in the local council gym's lunchtime sport
competitions. I'd say we have close to zero obese employees out of
about a hundred... ok, maybe a couple could lose a few kg... but no
obesity here! It's all about having an environment conducive to
exercise. We also got rid of cake day and replaced it with big tray of
assorted fruit day.

URL?
With my luck it will be in Melbourne, or QLD.

On 2005-09-21, ritcho (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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We also got rid of cake day and replaced it with big tray of
assorted fruit day.

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!

Punish people who can manage their diets properly 🙁

Mmmmm, cupcakes.

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>> "Terry" == Terry Collins <[email hidden]> writes:

Terry Euan said:

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I doubt that will sit well with the board members of a
corporation. A more likely scenario is that employability will
be dependent on the waistline.

Terry> ROFL, have you seen the average board member?

Yes. That doesn't change anything. Ever heard of ``do as I say not as
I do?'' Ah the trappings of power...
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ritcho said:

My employer has ample showers and change facilities (first class,
really) and has us enrolled in the local council gym's lunchtime sport
competitions. I'd say we have close to zero obese employees out of
about a hundred... ok, maybe a couple could lose a few kg... but no
obesity here!

They can also cram more workers into the same floor area :-)

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ritcho said:

My employer has ample showers and change facilities (first class,
really) and has us enrolled in the local council gym's lunchtime sport
competitions. I'd say we have close to zero obese employees out of
about a hundred... ok, maybe a couple could lose a few kg... but no
obesity here! It's all about having an environment conducive to
exercise. We also got rid of cake day and replaced it with big tray of
assorted fruit day.

BTW, I read somewhere that hundreds of office workers died in
the WTC attack because they were too fat and unfit to walk
down the stairs. Ok, running upstairs requires some fitness
(I've tried building racing!) but downstairs? That's really sad.

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Michael Warner said:

BTW, I read somewhere that hundreds of office workers died in
the WTC attack because they were too fat and unfit to walk
down the stairs. Ok, running upstairs requires some fitness
(I've tried building racing!) but downstairs? That's really sad.

I was unfortunate enough to get caught in a fire drill back when I was
working for Ericsson, on the 40-something floor of the Daimaru office
building (the one above Museum[1] station). Let's just say that I paced
myself, and made sure that I stretched afterwards; I could very easily
have ended up stiff and sore after that effort, and count myself lucky
that I didn't.

The WTC was, what, 90+ floors? I would not have wanted to take the
stairs from the higher floor levels if it could possibly have been
avoided, no matter how fit I might have been.

[1] It's not Melbourne Central Station, damnit! I refuse to call a
station after a shopping centre!

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I was unfortunate enough to get caught in a fire drill back when I was
working for Ericsson, on the 40-something floor of the Daimaru office
building (the one above Museum[1] station). Let's just say that I paced
myself, and made sure that I stretched afterwards; I could very easily
have ended up stiff and sore after that effort, and count myself lucky
that I didn't.

2nded.. I started working in the Rialto a few days after Sept 11.. so then
came a few downstairs drills from the 32ndish(?) floor.. I wasn't a
'cyclist' at the time and was burning for a few days after..

cheers,
GPL

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Michael Warner said:

BTW, I read somewhere that hundreds of office workers died in
the WTC attack because they were too fat and unfit to walk
down the stairs. Ok, running upstairs requires some fitness
(I've tried building racing!) but downstairs? That's really sad.

I was unfortunate enough to get caught in a fire drill back when I was
working for Ericsson, on the 40-something floor of the Daimaru office
building (the one above Museum[1] station). Let's just say that I paced
myself, and made sure that I stretched afterwards; I could very easily
have ended up stiff and sore after that effort, and count myself lucky
that I didn't.

The WTC was, what, 90+ floors? I would not have wanted to take the
stairs from the higher floor levels if it could possibly have been
avoided, no matter how fit I might have been.

[1] It's not Melbourne Central Station, damnit! I refuse to call a
station after a shopping centre!

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OK, so you'd wind up a bit ragged at the bottom, but I reckon that if there
was the burning wreckage of a 747 lodged a couple of floors above me, I'd be
down the stairs and several blocks away like a suitably terrified rabbit;
and I do actually carry a bit of extra weight (I don't know that I have lost
that much, FD, that jersey's exceedingly unflattering) and I'm definitely
not a runner. Hell, I'd manage that even before I started exercising and
quit smoking and it'd hurt a hell of a lot, but I'd be outta there. I'd be
worrying about the stiffness later. I can't imagine how unfit I'd have to be
to NOT make it down the stairs.

Stuart Lamble said:

I was unfortunate enough to get caught in a fire drill back when I was
working for Ericsson, on the 40-something floor of the Daimaru office
building (the one above Museum[1] station). Let's just say that I paced
myself, and made sure that I stretched afterwards; I could very easily
have ended up stiff and sore after that effort, and count myself lucky
that I didn't.

Granted that it's not a natural, comfortable movement, and stresses
leg muscles in an unaccustomed way. I've noticed that descending lots
of steps leaves me a bit stiff the next day, like any activity that I'm not
accustomed to. OTOH, I can't imagine getting puffed out doing it.

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