what are the costs associated with being overweight
Our study showed that the average annual cost of government subsidies for the overweight and obese was $3917 per person, with a total annual cost of $35.6 billion. Combined with direct costs, this results in an overall total annual cost of $56.6 billion.
What is 'Overweight'. Overweight is a situation where an investment portfolio holds an excess amount of a particular security when compared to the security's weight in the underlying benchmark portfolio. Actively managed portfolios will make a security overweight when doing so allows the portfolio to achieve excess returns.