Being obese or overweight could be a hindrance to obtaining affordable life insurance.
Going on a diet could seriously help your finances when it comes to taking out life insurance. Life insurance companies tend to increase premiums for overweight people, even if they are otherwise healthy.
According to a recent study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) around 66% of the American public is classified as either overweight or obese. A recent study in PLoS Medicine reports that obesity is one of the four main risk factors which can lead to chronic disease, along with smoking, hypertension, and elevated blood sugar levels. As one of these multiple risk factors, obesity plays its part in reducing the average American life by 4.9 years for men and 4.1 for women.