- Obesity is the biggest single avoidable killer in the USA.
- More than 300000 (Yes! that's three hundred thousand!) people will die in the USA from obesity or obesity related problems.
- Obesity-related diseases cost Americans an estimated 120 billion dollars annually.
- Obesity and overweight related problems have overtaken smoking and are now the single most preventable cause of illness and death in the United States! According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):- "Obesity rose 6% nationally between 1998 and 1999, The increase affected all regions of the country and all demographic groups.
- Diabetes, heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, high blood pressure and amputations have increased by a staggering 33% as a result of obesity.
- Prescribed weight loss pills are tax deductible!
"You can include in medical expenses the cost of a weight-loss program undertaken at a physicianıs direction to treat an existing disease (such as heart disease). But you cannot include the cost of a weight-loss program if the purpose of the weight control is to maintain your general good health." This is extracted from this IRS publication. The ruling is retroactive to 1998.
Deductible costs include:-
- The initial fees to join a weight loss program
- Additional fees to attend regular meetings in which participants develop diet plans, receive diet menus and literature and discuss problems encountered in dieting.
- Bariatric surgery
- FDA approved weight-loss drugs
- Physician and hospital-based programs
- Behavioral counseling
- The services of physicians
- dietitians and nutritionists as well as commercial-like programs which are specific for weight loss and maintenance.
Deductible costs do NOT include:-
- Cost of diet foods (this is a personal expense)
- The cost of enrollment in a weight loss program to improve appearance, general health or sense of well-being, rather than to treat a specific medical problem
- Non prescription weight loss products
- Nutritional Supplements
- Any costs that are covered by insurance
- Obesity is defined as excessive body fat usually measured as 30 pounds or more over ideal body weight or a Body Mass Index of 30 or more. Another obesity definition is being 20% over your ideal body weight. There is a body mass indicator calculator below. You need to have a BMI of 27 or greater to qualify for a weightloss prescription.
- Phentermine is a drug which is used to combat obesity. It is an appetite suppressant specifically for short duration use while new eating patterns are developed.
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