Dietitians Of Canada: Poverty Puts Health At Risk

No. Overweight/obesity causes poverty, a condition known as "poveresity."

Here are some data from MASSematics tm : How To Get Rich By Not Dieting:

The average cost of the extra Calories needed to get and maintain an average amount of overweight:

$1.88 per day
$57.34 per month
$688.13 per year

By depositing the YEARLY amount ONCE each year, an INDIVIDUAL would have saved over an average lifetime at 5%, 7.5% and 10%, this much money with interest compounding once annually:

Yearly Cost - $688.13

Annual Interest 5%  - $666,096.86

Annual Interest 7.5% - $2,962,947.67      

Annual Interest 10% - $13,971,593.94

By depositing the MONTHLY amount ONCE each month, an average FAMILY would have saved over their average lifetime at 5%, 7.5% and 10%, this much money with interest compounding once monthly at 1/12 the annual rate:

Monthly Cost - $182.34

Annual Interest 5% - $2,207,968.86

Annual Interest 7.5% - $10,664,615.55

Annual Interest 10% - $56,853,186.45 

The Cost of the 3-Hour Diet tm – Jorge Cruise and David Katz, MD (at home “gourmet” version):

Cost - $40.66 per day after taxes
$284.60 per week after taxes
Daily pre-tax earnings $87.54 each day, every work day
Hourly pre-tax earnings $10.94 per hour, every hour, every work day

How many times more expensive a 3-Hour Diet tm Calorie is than an average Calorie:

8.7 times

How many times more expensive a NutriSystem tm Calorie is than an average Calorie:

9.9 times

Add to the examples above, the costs of government rescue for the fat and that money being lost from other endeavors which could yield returns.

After a while, you are talking real money.

This is from the Dietitians of Canada:

"Recent media reports have highlighted the difficulty that recipients of social assistance face in purchasing a healthy diet. Dietitians of Canada (DC), the national association of dietitians, contends that the most appropriate approach to ensure Ontarians can purchase a healthy diet is through poverty reduction. Linda Dietrich, DC's Regional Executive Director for Central and Southern Ontario, states that 'Research shows that food insecurity has immediate and long-term health consequences, and makes it more difficult to manage chronic diseases. The position of Dietitians of Canada is that all Canadians must have food security, and recommends addressing the issue through a population health approach that reduces poverty through improvements to the social safety net.'

Registered Dietitians see the effects of food insecurity daily in their practice..."

Of course they do, since their inane nutrition advice causes the problem.

It is more than possible to eat healthily AND spend less.

But the first step to nutritional financial freedom is to stop paying attention to the experts.

The sooner you do that, the wealthier and fitter you will become.